On Recognizing and Exiting our Reality Tunnels... Joan Westenberg

I've been aware of "reality tunnels" (a new twist on 'tunnel vision') for a long time, but I love the way Westenberg expresses this challenge and how to overcome it. Don't let all you currently know confine all you can know!

@Westenberg: On Reality Tunnels, 24-May-13 by Joan Westenberg

The most important thing is to be aware of our reality tunnels. To remember that how we see things is not necessarily how they are. Our tunnel is just one of many.

Meditation, travel, reading widely, and talking to people with different tunnels can help us stretch our perspective. It may feel uncomfortable, because it pushes against the edges of our tunnel. But that's how we grow.

The world is big and complex. There is more than one way to look at it. The more we can expand our reality tunnel—or even step outside it once in a while—the better we can understand each other and make sense of it all.