Having meditated for the past decade and having studied quantum mechanics pretty

Having meditated for the past decade and having studied quantum mechanics pretty deeply, I believe the physical reality we observe is created in our mind.

Had we evolved different senses or alternative ways to store our perceptions as memories, the world we interact with would be drastically different.

But because our reality is defined in the same place as our consciousness, we cannot remove ourselves from our perceived world views.

Think of the old parable of the fish in water by David Foster Wallace:

“There are two young fish swimming along who happen to meet an older fish. The older fish nods at them and says:

‘Morning boys, how’s the water?’

The two young fish swim on for a bit and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and asks:

‘What the hell is water?’”

This illustrates my point about reality perfectly. And is something meditation and mindfulness brings about after many years. We define our reality.