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How do we “see” the world?
There are always different ways to interpret given facts. They result in different concepts of reality.
During most of the time, we are living in a “personal” world shaped by our experiences, assumptions, and prejudices.
What are our filters
We see the world through our system of filters. We try to make sense of our experience and invest a lot to stay safe.
For the better part of the day, we are drafting a “world” built by assumptions.
Why do we use filters?
The reason for these mental short-cuts is, that the “objective” world is way too complicated for us to be completely grasp.
If we really would only start moving after we have understood everything completely, we would struggle to get out of bed in the morning.
What do we really “see”?
Our interaction with the environment is therefore only sketched by facts. We fill in the gaps of our knowledge with a thick layer of experience, assumptions, and emotion.
Example 1: Optimist vs Pessimist
The same plant creates thoroughly different mental pictures in the optimist compared with the pessimist.
They both show different mental concepts of the same reality.
Example 2: Intrinsic value vs Economic value
Others might focus on the inner value that is a result of the tree that will be available for the community, or one might get by selling the wood of the same tee.
All these images show different mental concepts (thoughts that are triggered) due to the same reality (a seedling in a pot).
What does this mean?
Neither way, to “see” the plant is better or worse. They are just different and personal.
Everybody comes with their mindset and “creates” their own different concept of reality.
Unfortunately, we often assume, that “our” look at the world is the only valid one.
In a nutshell:
There are frequently quite different ways to interpret given facts, and they result in different concepts of reality.
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