You could try making sense out of the universe, but you were too small and the parts you needed to see were too large or even smaller.

Why would our brains have this capacity to sense the oneness of the universe, a sense that can be induced in many ways, even technological, if that capacity did not reflect an external reality?

No perspective, no perception.
New perspective, new perception.

The optimist sees the donut, the pessimist sees the hole.

We see people and things not as they are, but as we are.

Are you really a doctor?” I asked.
“Some people say that.”
“Why?”
“Because I went to medical school.”
“Did you not finish?” I asked hesitantly.
“I finished.”
“So…?”
“So sometimes I work as a doctor.”
“So doesn’t that make you a doctor?”
“I guess, but I also worked as a baker, construction worker, and a bunch of other things. Either way I just prefer being known as Jack. I mean Dr. Baker Jack Hammer Jack, would be entertaining, but I think also a little weird.