In 1977 David Bohm described his sense of the circular swirl formed by our beliefs and what we experience as reality:
“Reality is what we take to be true.
What we take to be true is what we believe.
What we believe is based upon our perceptions.
What we perceive depends on what we look for.
What we look for depends on what we think.
What we think depends on what we perceive.
What we perceive determines what we believe.
What we believe determines what we take to be true.
What we take to be true is our reality.“
Civilized to Death, C. Ryan
David Bohm
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Source: Wikipedia