Perception

–noun
1. the act or faculty of apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
2. immediate or intuitive recognition or appreciation, as of moral, psychological, or aesthetic qualities; insight; intuition; discernment: an artist of rare perception.
3. the result or product of perceiving, as distinguished from the act of perceiving; percept.

“All we see depends on our senses: suppose the lie to us?” – Aleister Crowley

Paradigm and Perception

“…how do we perceive anything new? The key is new knowledge. By expanding our paradigm, our model of what is real and what is possible, we add new options to the list our brains carry around. Remember, that list is just a working descriptions of reality based on our own personal experience; it’s not reality itself. New knowledge can open our minds to new types and levels of perception and experience.” – What the Bleep do we know? Willaim Arntz, Betsy Chasse and Mark Vicente.