Every time we meet someone, read a book, or watch a sunrise, we’re not really seeing it as it is. We’re seeing it through the lens of who we are. Our past, our moods, our stories, all tint the glass. The world doesn’t show up as it is, it shows up as we are.
Neuroscience calls this predictive processing: our brain is always guessing what reality means, using past experiences as a lens. What we “see” is really what we expect to see.
