Maya and the concept of perception

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• Homo Deus –– Yuval Harari
  
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    • "Each and every one of us has been born into a given historical reality, ruled by particular norms and values, and managed by a unique economic and political system. We take this reality for granted, thinking it is natural, inevitable and immutable. We forget that our world was created by an accidental chain of events, and that history shaped not only our technology, politics and society, but also our thoughts, fears and dreams."
• Homo Deus –– Yuval Harari
  
  • What do we care about more, the objective truth data reality or the subjective experiences of individuals? How much of the objective truth can we even allow ourselves to see, if everything is [[Maya and the concept of perception]]?
• Made You Think –– Homo Deus
  
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• Made You Think –– Homo Deus
  
  • What do we care about more, the objective truth data reality or the subjective experiences of individuals? How much of the objective truth can we even allow ourselves to see, if everything is [[Maya and the concept of perception]]?
• Meditations –– Marcus Aurelius
  
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• Meditations –– Marcus Aurelius
  
  • "Your ability to control your thoughts - treat it with respect. It's all that protects your mind from false perceptions - false to your nature, and that of all rational beings." [[Maya and the concept of perception]]
• The Obstacle is the Way –– Ryan Holiday
  
  • Perception is how we see and understand what occurs around us - and what we decide those events will mean. If we are emotional, subjective, or shortsighted, we only add to our troubles. Perceptions are a source of strength or weakness. [[Maya and the concept of perception]]
• The Obstacle is the Way –– Ryan Holiday
  
  • There is no good or bad without us, there is only perception. There is the event itself and the story we tell ourselves about what it means. [[Maya and the concept of perception]]
• The Obstacle is the Way –– Ryan Holiday
  
  • Our perceptions determine, to an incredible extent, what we are and aren't capable of. In many ways, they determine reality itself. [[Maya and the concept of perception]]
• Three Islamic Truths
  
  • Sense perceptions: [[Maya and the concept of perception]]
• What Does It All Mean –– Thomas Nagel
  
  • Impressions and appearances that do not correspond to reality must be contrasted with others that do correspond to reality, or else the contrast between appearance and reality is meaningless. [[Maya and the concept of perception]]