The New York Times had a recent science article on reality and the “falsity” of our senses. In this case, they used magic as the arena for the exploration of consciousness. The Times comments:

A recurring theme in experimental psychology is the narrowness of perception: how very little of the sensory clamor makes its way into awareness…In a sense our reality is virtual

I think it’s interesting to take this and compare it with one of our reader’s recent comments:

“Nothing is more fascinating than to watch science blurring its edges into spirit. There are no easier words for the transition zone that “quantum” and no easier words for God than virtual. To indicate that reality doesn’t begin and end at the material level.” (quotes from here)
Spiritual teachers feel that their role is to point people away from depending on the 5 senses, which are confined to space-time. The real point is to see that our senses aren’t that trustworthy.

The NYT’s thesis is that our senses aren’t trustworthy. We’ve just posted about Dark Matter, a possible major force in the universe that we’ve barely studied because we can’t really detect or sense it. Everyday there are articles in popular media about the nature of reality, the unreliability of our senses, and the misnomers created by science. Working on ways to punch through the veil of our senses is one of the most intriguing quests I can think of. How else do breakthroughs in our comprehension of the world happen? Ask yourself what you’re doing to cultivate a broader perception of reality.

Try reading Flatland. Could there be other dimensions to our universe that we have no way of perceiving? What might it be like to live in another dimension? Flatland is a lot of fun and can exercise your imagination.