The motto of clinical psychology is “if you could see the world the way I see it you’d behave the way I do”. You don’t see the world as it is, you see the world as you are. A change in worldview will change the world viewed. Your state determines your perception of reality and your perception of reality determines what you think and do and what you think and do determines your life.
This is backed by modern cognitive science. Cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman explains that we do not interact with reality but rather an approximation of reality that is most beneficial to our survival. Think of the analogy of a desktop on your PC. The icons that you click and move around are not literally the programs (the software or hardware). Rather they are patterns that represent that. Likewise our perception of reality is made up of useful “icons” — why is it that a bright red apple “jumps out” in a bunch of green foliage? It’s because that is most useful to us.
Understanding works specific to general and general to specific.
Visual perception and time perception are intertwined.
Perception depends upon our interpretation of sensory experience.