Distorted Reality

I was reading this book called The Voice of Knowledge today, and it was discussing how every person sees reality in a different way. The book refers to this distorted reality as the person's "story". Personally, I found this vastly interesting.

The premise is that you build a web of lies inside your head from the day you learn to talk, and you see the world through this web. Nobody alive really sees the world for what it truly is, aside from those lucky enough to strip away the lies. Of course, this is much harder than you think, because you have to rid yourself of every assumption, every stereotype, everything. I'm sure there's been only a few people throughout history who have been able to do this, somewhere along the lines of Jesus and Plato.

And then there's the fact that everybody has a different web, and thus differences are created. Nobody's opinion is wrong within their own little world, but they are shocked when the collective web finds it wrong. Many people find comfort inside their own little world, and I can't really blame them. The second you attempt to reach out to other people's worlds, you're bound to find resistance. Maybe the entire core of love is melding your world with another's.

So, it always comes back to "who really cares?". Sure, now I know that everybody sees life differently through this sort of lens, what does that have to do with me? The wisest people in my opinion are those who are not ignorant and are able to dwell in other people's worlds and not feel the urge to correct anything the say, because they are right in their own world. Maybe if you learn to accept others more openly, and not be so quick to challenge what is right and what is wrong, you may become a bit more wise.