We already know through our cognitive processes, such as selected sensory perception, that we are not aware of everything we see—that our brains filter out, without asking us permission, everything they assume is irrelevant for our survival. We see only what we need to see—except when we don’t. There are those moments in which critical information has been filtered out because it was wrongly perceived as irrelevant. The same holds true with the thoughts that rise out of our subconscious into our conscious minds. Your mind-set filters out information that disagrees with your view of reality.
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