We do not see things as they are, we see them as we are.

Everything we perceive is internally reconstructed. And in that reconstruction, everything is tinged with interpretations.

Depending on our state of mind, we will take information in one way or another. Every time we observe something, we internally associate it with our memories, emotions, culture, previous experiences, thoughts and preconceptions.

Thus we give different meanings to what we perceive.

The same food can be appetizing or not depending on the state of our organism at a given moment. Even throughout life the perception of flavors will change, making things that we did not like at one time, become delicacies.

All information reaches our consciousness through internal filters. As if they were layers of cellophane of different colors that tint the light that reaches us. In the same way, our emotions, our culture and even the state of our body filter everything we perceive.

During meditation training we progressively develop the ability to observe these filters and to be able to differentiate the color that we attribute to something (which is not really the object itself) from the object itself.

Thus, with the training we notice that we do not see things as they are, we see them as we are. We then work on ourselves, seeking to emancipate ourselves from the context.