True or False: Our perception of Reality is determined by what we believe?

False.





Our perception of Reality is determined by our senses and our brain's capacity to analyse the data.





This leads to interpretation. Interpretation will always be flawed.True or False: Our perception of Reality is determined by what we believe?
Makes sense to me.





But perception doesn't dictate reality.





I might think I can fly, but when I actually test and try to measure that belief, I will end up a crumpled mess at the base of a building.





That is why science is more reliable than religion for belief.True or False: Our perception of Reality is determined by what we believe?
True: reality is relative to the perceiver.
we can never see the ';true reality';(atleast... not yet)


and true... but what we believed is first determined what we first perceived
False. That question can never be true under any circumstances.
Vice Versa.
true....duh
True Reality is different from person to person
MATTER: The Other Name for Illusion





What is explained in this book is an important truth, which has surprised many and changed their perspectives on life. This truth can be summarized as follows: ';All events and objects that we encounter in real life-buildings, people, cities, cars, places-in fact, everything we see, hold, touch, smell, taste and hear-come into existence as visions and feelings in our brains';.





We are taught to think that these images and feelings are caused by a solid world outside of our brains, where material things exist. However, in reality we never see real existing materials and we never touch real materials. In other words, every material entity which we believe exists in our lives, is, in fact, only a vision which is created in our brains.





This is not a philosophical speculation. It is an empirical fact that has been proven by modern science. Today, any scientist who is a specialist in medicine, biology, neurology or any other field related to brain research would say, when asked how and where we see the world, that we see the whole world in the vision center located in our brains.





This fact has been scientifically proven in the twentieth century, and although it may seem surprising, it necessarily implies answers to two questions; ';If our lives are visions created in our brains, then who is it that creates these visions? And who is it that sees these visions in our brains without having eyes and enjoys them, gets excited and happy?'; You will find the answers to these two important questions in this book.


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Why do we have the false perception that the extremists hate us for our freedoms?

Ron Paul, Michael Scheuer (ex-CIA agent in charge of capturing Osama bin Laden) and Cindy Sheehan have made it clear: extremists do NOT hate us for our freedoms. They hate us for our foreign policies of invading other Muslim countries. And right now, I feel they cannot be more true.





I felt really sad that the media has jumped on and disgraced the person who's been speaking the truth. Ron Paul is a true patriot, who abides by the constitution; and ACTUALLY understands what the problem is. The problem with us and the government is that we don't actually follow the constitution that our fathers wrote.





Michael Scheuer has mentioned numerous times that the CIA informed both the Clinton and Bush adminstration EXACTLY where Osama bin Laden was, but they refused to do anything about it. According to Micheal, Bill Clinton could have killed Osama bin Laden at least 10 times. So why do we support everything our government says?





Obama is no different from McCain. He is the muppet of the politics, who wants to please the general audience. There are very few people out there like Ron Paul, who take a firm stand for the betterment of our country. It is extremely sad he has been treated harshly for speaking the truth.Why do we have the false perception that the extremists hate us for our freedoms?
They don't hate us for our freedoms, that is a stupid lie spread by people who live their lives in fear.





They definitely are very angry that we are interfering with matters in the Middle East, however.





We'd be very angry if they were interfering with matters in the West also.





I agree with most of what you say, but you have a very warped impression of President-Elect Obama.





Let's give the man a chance, people!Why do we have the false perception that the extremists hate us for our freedoms?
Typed in an edit to answer your edit and deleted this whole post accidently.


Grrr. Not typing it again= Sorry!
To me, the ';freedom'; they're referring to is the freedom to do what we want. Muslim countries under extreme oppression are very limited in what they want to do. So what do they care that we aren't that way? Probably because our non-Muslim lifestyle is an affront to what they believe. That's how I've always taken it...not that they hate free countries for being free in and of itself, but that they aren't extreme Muslims themselves.





However, yes, it would only stand to reason that they would hate us because we invade other Muslim countries. I'm not 100% on which Muslim country we were invading on September 11, though. Maybe Paul, Scheuer, and Sheehan said something to touch on that?





As for targeting extremists specifically, you need to remember why we went into Iraq. Bush, backed by the UN, gave Saddam an ultimatum: allow UN weapons inspectors to do full inspections as he signed in the treaty, or it'll be taken as an act of war. Remember, it was US *and* British intelligence reports that claimed WMD's were there, and regardless of their validity, Saddam was violating his treaty. The UN backed us on this until we decided to go through with the threat...big surprise. Britain stayed with us, which was nice to know. Anyway, that's what we were doing in Iraq. It had nothing to do with Muslim extremists (Saddam ran an atheist regime, actually) and everything to do with treaty violations. Just an FYI.
You, and so many people have forgotten Sept. ll,2001. I'll try to put it simply - I wonder how many people thought we should not punish those responsible for the worst day in our recent history. We had to punish those responsible in their own region, lest they bring it back on our shores. I suppose Cindy would have preferred us to do nothing, and turn the other cheek, thus allowing us to be hit again. What kind of message that would send, I could not imagine. September 11, 2001 - never forget!
While it's true that the west's foreign policy toward the rest of the world can be very invasive and annoying (to say the least), we can't forget the lessons taught through history in regard to extremism. There are people who are fed up with our constant presence in their countries and politics. There are others who just want to force their own way on everyone else. This second group is the extremist faction. They hide behind the justifiable argument that we (the west) need to get our noses out of their countries, but they won't stop even if we leave. They'll always find a reason to ';justify'; their continued attacks.


We need to leave other sovereign nations alone, but we must NEVER turn a blind eye to the extremists.

Does anyone have a false perception of themselves based on your appearance?

Like when you look at yourself in the mirror you think you're decent looking or pretty and don't look overweight, just normal. But when pictures are taken of you, you don't think it looks like you at all? And it's not just cos you're not photogenic.. there could be 100's of pictures taken and you look like a totally different person than what you thought you looked like...? and then you wonder if people see you as the person in the picture or the person you see in the mirror... Is there a name for this?!Does anyone have a false perception of themselves based on your appearance?
sounds like looking-glass theory to me. i think jung came up with this. i might be wrong. But-we have three different images of ourselves. one is how we think we look. one is how we really look. and one is how we think we look when other people look at us. this goes into our personality too, not just physical looks.


the other two are dominant traits but deep down we know how we actually look. usually.Does anyone have a false perception of themselves based on your appearance?
Yea, when ever i look myself i think that im fat and ugly, becuz when i was in high school people was always calling me fat. In fact, today, nobody can say that i was the same girl in my high school. I mean people say to me u look very pretty, but i just have another problem. I critic-rise a lot myself and yea when pictures r taken i look so nice but when i look myself in the mirror, i m a different person. WT i can say , people who have la ow self-esteem they act like that. So be happy wt u r and that's wt i try...
LOL I think I look average. But I may be a little heavier. at least the pictures look that way =D


But I don't let it worry me too much. I don't try to be a hunk or Men's Health cover model.





EDIT: I'm not sure that's necessarily narcissism. Conceit or Confidence maybe.
I falsely perceive myself to be fat and ugly, but apparently i'm not.
That's not even what Narcissism means.
Narcissism.
I do actually. But the camera adds ten pounds to you, so that may be what you're talking about.
my face and neck look good but i hate my mid section and legs

Do people have a false perception of love?

I mean you see so many disfunctional relationships and people with the wrong people for them and just everything... Tons of high school couples having sex all the time. I think if you truly loved someone, you'd hold out on having sex.





Love waits for ';the one'; to have sex and whatnot, at least to me. I'm a 19 year old guy, never had a girlfriend, but I feel that I understand love better than a lot of my peers at least... I don't know. I just hope I can find someone that really makes me the happiest guy on Earth, because to me love is not a game.





I mean, do people even understand what love is anymore?Do people have a false perception of love?
...speaking only for myself - its takes a lot of listening and understanding to communicate with that special someone in my life...Do people have a false perception of love?
I think people want love, but they look for it in the wrong places. They try to make it work with people who aren't right for them, they have sex because they hope it will bring them closer to love, and they continually dive in, only to drown, as opposed to holding out for the right person. So, in other words, I think people know what they want, they just don't know where or how to find it.
I think people are in love with ';love';.


You are so right, love is NOT a game.


You have to respect each other.


It's a sad situation.





some people are living in a fantasy world.


You say you are 19... you are very mature to even ask all this.


Pay attention to your mate... listen, watch, and ask.


Respect is the key word. And if you become a father, I think you will be a wonderful one. Best of luck and always, always, have fun with your life.
uhm were all ridic. i mean its always been about sex. in the 70s too.


that 70s show. yeah. its realistic. yeah theres love. but were not some weirdo generation who only cares about sex. were only normal. except we have the tech to announce it to the world.





answer mine: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;鈥?/a>





p.s. you sound like that guy from 500 days of summer
Then, what is right? Are you even right to say they are dysfunctional?


Do you have an answer? Enlight us of your wisdom.





It's not good to be wrong, but it's surely worst to be wrong and claim to be right.
Communication and respect are the ingredients to my relationship.
yes,people constantly confuse lust with love and i think seeing it time after time it starts to get old haha
You need to get laid.
yes...extremely bad perceptions of love. dont worry. you've got it figured out. im the same way. im 18 but i do have a girlfriend. shes like me though with the real love waits thing. we've been together for almost 3 years. still havent done the deed. we're waiting to get married after im done with basic training for the air force. it works if your not with a chick who wants to be like the rest and party and all that bullshit. there are good girls out there but not many thats just how it is. where i come from people dont really believe in real love. its a myth to them. thats why they sleep around all the time. either that or they just want to be whores. but all is good because that kind of life only leaves people more shallow and alone. just keep believing what you believe and you'll be better off.
';I think if you truly loved someone, you'd hold out on having sex. ';





Why?


Ironically, you have one of most false perceptions of love Ive seen.





Love is a product of evolution. It evolved in certain species which have offspring which require parental care in order to motivate individuals to share resources and protection, thus increasing species survival. It is not something from ';god'; or something ';out there'; that you have to ';find';. It is a neuro-chemical mechanism. No more, no less.





If you love someone, why would you necessarily wait to have sex? Why would it be ok to have sex tomorrow but not today?





After youve slept with ';the one'; and then yall break up, lets see how you feel about having more than one sex partner in your whole life then.
People have romanticized notions that love and a loved one are the key to unlocking some kind of magical happiness that will make life worthwhile. People are difficult to deal with and the closer we are to them and the more we have invested in them emotionally the harder they are to deal with and the more easily we can feel threatened, betrayed and unsafe.





So everyone rushes into relationships and then have all kinds of weird feelings they don't understand and try to make it work with sex or controlling behavior. Most 40 year olds are not ready for a relationship, when one is 19 and social groups still dominate one's behavior, a relationship is crazy.





But that being said, grown ups (people over 18) make their own decisions, and what they do is not my business. But yes people have no clue what they are getting when they pursue ';love.';
The world's perception of love has been grossly twisted and deformed. If you based your interpretation on love from what you saw on TV or in the movies, it would be all about sex. It's sad and it really bothers me. I love watching a good chick flick, but nothing turns me off a movie more than when the couple hooks up after only knowing each other for a few days or even weeks. :P That's not love. It's lust and it's disgusting.


I know i'm in the minority nowadays, but I agree with you. I personally believe that sex is something that should wait until marriage. Not something that jr. high school kids should engage in and take so lightly.


I've got to say, I didn't think anyone could be 19 and never been in a romantic relationship... except me... I'm almost 21, and I've yet to find someone that truly loves me. But I'm prepared to wait.


Good for you for waiting too! *highfives*
Love is considering the self interest of another as if it were your own





Sex is the drive to procreate. Hmmm or you might say the associated pleasure that has evolved to compel us to procreate.





Ideally men should be 'responsible' for the care of their offspring as women, who are compelled by their biology, are.





Hence the then traditional notion of some type of male commitment prior to sex.





Not sure I sign onto the whole 'sanctity' of sex thing. I think it's entirely possible for a man to go through j20 women and still find 'the one'





Problem is the heartbreak and even single motherhood this man leaves in his wake.





Between the hedonism of the Playboy philosophy and the biologic inanity of the feminists, both men and women are being taught to view the profound responsibility of creating the next generation as some sort of plot driven slavery.





You promiscuous little friends are for the most part idiots.


Stick to your guns, your 'paradigm is far more sound than theirs.

Why Islam is one religion has to be defended mightily against outsider's ';false'; perception of their faith?

Never Had I seen one religion subjected with so much ';persecution'; like Islam. Has this anything to do with current history?Why Islam is one religion has to be defended mightily against outsider's ';false'; perception of their faith?
probably because of the FRUITS of Islam's followers.


Remember that Jesus said


that BY THEIR FRUITS YOU SHALL KNOW THEM.


Yes, He said that about HIS true followers, but we can see the principle in all areas.


If the Islam would TRULY preach LOVE, TOLERANCE, etc, than we would see that, don't you think?


instead, what do we see? Children being paid 2 us$ to go to an Israeli military post in the border and explode themselves to death, the glorification of death instead of glorification life....Why Islam is one religion has to be defended mightily against outsider's ';false'; perception of their faith?
Thanks for your vote.


The answer to your question - where do they get their funds from? PETROL$$.... see Dubai, Saudi Arabia etc.

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yes, it has something to do with recent histor? Take away the american bias and slant on things and you are still left with some very disturbing facts. Most not all of the major terroristic plots or ';successful'; schemes have come from Muslim groups, or individuals. We call them extremist....but it is looking more and more like these are ';normalist';. They desire only one thing...the whole world becomes the Nation of Islam...other than that we are all pretty safe.
it has to do with the current Media brainwashing.





It will never stop indeed as it was said in Holy Quran that the non believers will never accept Islam and the last revelation...





So the false perception about Islam will always exist till the last day..
Check out the behavior of the followers of Islam and you might just get a hint.
history of a handful of extremists. They want 'down with usa' and USA hawks want 'down with the whole of middle East'
The Christians are on another Crusade
no $hit Einstein!!!!!!!
Excuse me, it appears that Islam is doing the persecution. If they would simply go back to their cave and seek Mohammad, no one would bother with them.
after looking at what people of this faith do and thier ideas.....do you really think that this all 'persecution' is wrong........untill and unless you are not a follower yourself....once you move out of islam would recognise as to why people are so much against it .....come to think of it I am a buddhist but the pope is being questiones because he just quoted an age old history text which everybody knows is true, something which islamic scholars do everyday , but if you are an islamic you would never see that
Wow, you are one cool genius!
Check out History, you might not have seen it, but it's been done the same way for centuries. Catholics persecuting Protestants, Protestants persecuting Catholics. Jews persecuting Christians, Christians persecuting Jews, Islam persecuting Jews and on and on and on. It will never end until Christ brings it to an end.

Music that has ascetics value to us comes from our spiritual perception true,false neither explain....?

Music has been used to uplift the emotions. Music certainly affects the mental disposition of an individual. And conversely, the mental disposition of an individual expresses itself in his music, either with those he compose, or those he prefer to hear. It can't be denied that humans has employed music, more than any other tool of human expression, to manifests his innermost feelings. There are, for instance, tunes to signify deep sorrow as in the cases of dirges, or of spirited melodies in the outburst of joy. And there are loud screams for jubilation or soulful cries of wailing to accompany lamentations.





Music could very well be the expression of the soul, the audible component of spiritual perception. It could be the outpouring of the sentiments of our spirit. And because of this, the character of the spirit could be gleaned from the kind of music that emanates from it, or associated with it.





Various spiritual perception would give rise to varied music. As man perceives the universe and himself, in relation to it, so will the spirit manifest these in music. At first, there had been primeval tunes that mimic the sound of nature, as there were those that depict wonderment of it. But as man became inquisitive about himself, and became aware of the supernatural, there developed hymns for Godly worship, while there are also chants for Satanic rites.Music that has ascetics value to us comes from our spiritual perception true,false neither explain....?
I was going to say that one could hardly call bands like Pantera ascetic. But anyway, false. They have done many studies that show babies have a general sense of what we would call ';good music';, i.e. harmonious rather than atonal, etc., from about 6 months onward. I dare say babies have not fully developed their spiritual sensibilities by 6 months.Music that has ascetics value to us comes from our spiritual perception true,false neither explain....?
true, but like many other Spiritual things in life it seems almost impossible to explain (for me anyway).





No animals in nature have any use for art or music. Bees kind of dance to communicate some things, but that has nothing to do with music or rhythm.
You mean 'aesthetic' don't you? Ascetic is another word.





I don't know what spiritual perception is, but music is a rich source of pleasure, surely.
it is not true nor false


for it is not what music you hear, which gives meaning to life - but that you dance
All the best composers were inspirated, like Mozart.And this is true at present, too.
Define your terms then I'll answer the question.

Do you think people have a false perception of what love is?

I'd pick the guy who cleaned up my throw up


over


the guy with a glass slipper any day of the weekDo you think people have a false perception of what love is?
I think you're on the right track with the way you put it. But I think it's more than a lot of people expect immediate and permanent perfection. Some people (men and women) are looing for the person who won't just clean up their vomit, but will do so when they've just met, clean up the entire room while their at it, and still want to kiss them on the mouth moments afterwards. Not gonna happen. Relationships are seldom perfect and especially not from day one. The initial excitement of a new relationship does fade and the greater reward of having a loving, reliable partner in life takes work. People seem to figure sometimes that if they can just find that one perfect person, they'll fall in love, get married, and be happy forever. Real love does exist, but it's not a cure all and like everything else, it has its ups and downs.Do you think people have a false perception of what love is?
not only a false perception ... but most have no clue at all!!!





be cool...
i don't know if perception is the right word. I think a lot of people get love/lust/admiration etc. mixed up and they are different things.
People mistake a feeling for a commitment. Forever versus until someone else comes along.
I agree, people want a fantasy love these days it seems...
Yes people do! Sometimes I think that I am one of them. Then again what ever one feels that love is to them should be how they perceive love!
I may not be a smart man, Jenny, but I know what love is.

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