Reality

What is reality?  That upon which you are focused and take as your current experience in any given moment.  You say that perception is reality, and this is true, but do not fall into the trap of believing that what you perceive is the only reality.  Change the way you perceive reality and your reality changes.  This is true mentally, as you may know.  If you change your thoughts to more beneficial ones, then your reality becomes more enjoyable, and the opposite is true as well.  If you put on a pair of 3 dimensional glasses, your physical reality changes, and so on.  Do you see?  Reality is changeable.  Do not become so fixed, so set in your ways, that you block out possible learning opportunities and alternative experiences with which to experiment.  That is why you are here:  for the joy of experimenting and the growth that results from it.