Reality Check

An author wrote this:

We all distort reality to varying degrees.
Objective reality is privy to God alone.
The rest of us distort our reality as a function of our past experiences, genetics and perceptual abilities.
We rarely see reality without distorting it with our own biases.

I agree. We see only what we want to see. We do not see what we do not want to see. Someone once said our mind cannot tell the difference between imagination and reality. Einstein said imagination is more powerful than knowledge. It's true.

We are the creators of our own nightmares! Or dreams if we choose to. So let's stop wasting precious energy in fighting ourselves.

This is also a reminder for myself. :)

Interestingly, our ability to distort reality is also a wonderful gift. Our body-mind uses this as a self-defense mechanism to detach from reality under extreme conditions. Have you read or heard of stories about soldiers losing limbs and yet able to fight in the heat of battle? Reality hit them (hard!) after those tense moments, after they stopped. This innate ability is crucial to our survival.

Though we do not fight in bloody wars, we have our other moments. Observe what you feel and think under extreme conditions eg. enormous stress, pressure, when your back is against the wall. Give yourself time and space to think and respond, not to react. Because many times our fight or flight instinct kicks in even when there's no real danger.

Remember, reality is not real sometimes.