A lot of people experience the world with the same incredulity as when a magician pulls a rabbit out of a hat.… We know that the world is not all sleight of hand and deception because we are in it, we are part of it. Actually we are the white rabbit being pulled out of the hat. The only difference beween us and the white rabbit is that the rabbit does not realize it is taking part in a magic trick. Jostein Gaarder
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When we experience the world we understand that we are part of it and everything we see and do is a part of the world. However, when we live in a bubble, cut off from reality, we believe that the world is "all about me" and "everything is only about me". The white rabbit is riding along in the world's magic trick and not realizing what he is taking part in. This quote shows that we must look at the world as it really is and not what we believe it to be.

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