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“Contrary to what we think, we experience reality not as it actually is—but as a simplified model. The reason for this? Reality is far too complex. Infinitely complex, in fact... as a result, our mind evolved to construct a deeply simplified version of all that surrounds us: a virtual reality made up of only the important information—perhaps a trillionth of the possible external stimuli. And we make do with that.”
― In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond: In Search of the Sasquatch
― In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond: In Search of the Sasquatch
“It doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things whether the Sasquatch actually exists or not.”
― In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond: In Search of the Sasquatch
― In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond: In Search of the Sasquatch
“Then a thought hits me: maybe the Sasquatch hasn't been found, indeed can't be found, because it residesin the place most difficult for us to find and navigate. A wilderness of an altogether different sort. A place where people seldom look, or are loath to look: in the subtler shades, the gradations between black and white—the middle ground between "this" and "that," between "It exists" and "It doesn't exist," where the components of truth most often reside.”
― In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond: In Search of the Sasquatch
― In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond: In Search of the Sasquatch
“It may or may not be real. It doesn't matter if it is literally not.”
― In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond: In Search of the Sasquatch
― In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond: In Search of the Sasquatch
“When people who see a Bigfoot in a transcendental way then choose to search for the creature afterward, they are really looking to relive, or recapture, a moment of expanded awareness that has long since vanished.”
― In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond: In Search of the Sasquatch
― In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond: In Search of the Sasquatch
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