There is only one true perception, this is the existence of self. Through the perception of the existence of self it is possible to perceive the world. The perception of the world is only possible through our existence. All perceptions lead to the perception of self, while we nourish on impressions, sounds, visual stimulus, and other information gathered by the senses, we do so subjectively.

“The world is so, because we say it is.” While we submerge a pencil into a glass filled with water, we observe that the pencil is bent by the optical illusion of light and water. In this energy and light dance, the pencil is bent, however we know for a fact that the pencil is neither bent nor broken. The subjective construction of reality through our senses is not only limited to perception, but the pencil in the water is a clear example of just how distorted senses can be. This is often called the line between perception and reality, or illusion and hallucination.

The point of perception is the junction where we set our consciousness, in modern days the social masses have set their perception points in modern reason. Reason while magical in its functions, has its flaw, for a fact that reason, science, economies, capitalism, socialism and any other movement created from the point of perception of reason is only a fabrication that does not stand against nature and its reality.

The point of perception of the human spirit can be moved, this is how artists can create, or how do dreams, or fantastic worlds, and religious movements rise – they rise from a different point of perception, while familiar to reason they move their perception of the world into new dimensions. For example a Priest, a Monk, a scientist, an economist, and a politician all perceive the world in different ways, they set their point of perception in different locations of the “consciousness“.

As a child is born and then grows into society, his perception is fixed by his elders and by the surroundings. The child is taught to perceive the world in a specific way. There is a construction of perception and this occurs to withhold the powerful forces that rise in form of questions. Why are we born if we will die? What is life? What is to be? These questions are solved by the problem of perception, we form and shape our world with an inner dialogue. It is our inner dialogue that shapes our perception, “the pencil is not bent, nor broken”, our inner voice says, “it is only submerged in water”.

The problem of perception is the problem of our inner dialogue. The problem of perception is an opportunity of information.

A quick intro to the Objectivist ‘view’ on the subject of perception – YouTube video