Our everyday, traditional ideas of reality are delusions which we spend substantial parts of our daily lives shoring up, even at the considerable risk of trying to force facts to fit our definition of reality instead of vice versa. And the most dangerous delusion of all is that there is only one reality. Paul Watzlawick
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The truth of a situation is not a delusion. It’s a fact that can be measured and verified, but what we think of as the truth is a delusion. The idea that there is just one reality existing independently from us is a delusion. Reality exists in our minds.

The world we perceive through our senses is only a small part of reality. Our perception of reality is shaped by our experiences and what we think exists beyond our senses. In other words, there are multiple realities, but the delusion of only one creates an illusion of objective truth.

Source: How Real Is Real?

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