How reality can play tricks on your perception

[abrakamowse]

Reading @ivankiss post about his experience he mentioned about a stroboscopic effect which made me curious about it.

And I found a lot of tricks that can be done with stroboscopic light to even make it seem that something in movement can appear as static.

Take a look...

(note: this is an ad explaining how the stroboscope works but I don't have anything to do and I am not trying to sell anything :-)

 

 

Edited May 17, 2019 by abrakamowse

[abrakamowse]

This other video is more "educational"

:-)

 

 

[Truth Addict]

How your perception is true and your thoughts don't accept that 

[abrakamowse]

I don't "have" thoughts! There's no thinker of thoughts!!!! ???

[Knock]

This is a topic that rarely gets talked about on this forum.

Our very own perception, self experience and memories can be tricked. Check out this story:

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/oct/09/meredith-maran-father-abuse-false-memory

Note that your personal experience is always recalled as something in the past, as it becomes a memory, when then later can become a belief. And your beliefs about what you experience and what just happened can be completely wrong! Mark Manson talks about this in one of his books that you shouldn't believe anything, including your own experiences and ideas!

[abrakamowse]

That's what I was talking about, thanks @Knock !!! Very interesting article indeed.

We forget parts of our experience and we fill the blanks to make it logical, but not necessarily true.

[Soul-lover 2020]

Reality never plays tricks on us.  But we can trick ourselves into believing it does.  It is simply the sum of all things. 

[Preetom]

Reality cant play tricks on your perception.

Your perception IS the reality you can ever know.

[Rilles]

1 hour ago, Soul-lover 2020 said:

Reality never plays tricks on us.  But we can trick ourselves into believing it does.  It is simply the sum of all things. 

Oh boy, you got a lot to learn

[Soul-lover 2020]

8 minutes ago, Preetom said:

Reality cant play tricks on your perception.

Your perception IS the reality you can ever know.

[Soul-lover 2020]

18 minutes ago, Rilles said:

Oh boy, you got a lot to learn

 Perhaps.  But not according to what you think.  That much I know.

You can't play games with reality.  That's like a dog chasing its own tail!  Round and round it goes....     

Edited May 20, 2019 by Soul-lover 2020

[Rilles]

1 hour ago, Soul-lover 2020 said:

 Perhaps.  But not according to what you think.  That much I know.

You can't play games with reality.  That's like a dog chasing its own tail!  Round and round it goes....     

although thinking youve learned something is another trick so, its all good, have a nice day

[Preetom]

@Rilles

The real question is do your perception create the banana or was your perception created by someone else's banana