The Illusion of Reality

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What if the world you see is not the world as it is, but the world your mind creates? Your sensorial organs lie. But it is not betrayal. It is the way the brain builds reality.

We are taught that we see with our eyes, hear with our ears, smell with our noses, taste with our tongues, and sense with our skin. But the truth is different. The eyes are not the ones that see; they only capture light. The ears do not hear; they only receive waves. The nose is a sensor. The tongue and skin, receivers. It is your brain that interprets these fragments and transforms them into a world that feels solid and real.

Neuroscience calls this predictive processing. Your brain is not a passive observer. It is a painter, filling in what is missing with predictive models based on memory, emotion, expectation, and imagination. It takes scattered signals and turns them into your personal reality. That is why optical illusions work. That is also why two people can stand in the same place and live two completely different worlds.

You are not seeing life as it is. You are seeing it as you are. It is all an illusion. You are seeing it through your fears. Through your longings. Through your beliefs, experiences, wounds, hopes, and dreams. Your perception is not neutral. It is alive.

This is why what we feed our minds and hearts matters so deeply. When you train your brain to look for beauty, kindness, and possibility, it starts searching for them like a lens coming into focus. Gratitude softens the shadows. Forgiveness clears the fog. Love brings color to what once seemed grey.

What we call “reality” is, in part, an inner construction. If your inner world is heavy with resentment, fear, judgment, or anger, everything you see will be tinted with that color. But if you fill your inner world with light, the landscape changes. The same world, a different reality.

You hold the brush. You decide what colors to use. This is not about denying pain or pretending everything is perfect. It is about remembering that even in darkness, you still have the power to paint stars.

So, choose wisely. Choose beauty. Choose light. Choose optimism. Choose peace, love…possibility. Paint the world you wish to inhabit. Because in the end, the world you see is the reflection of the world you build within.

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Author: Maurice "Mao" Correa
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