Invisible Telescopes

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There are two ways to look through a telescope.
We can turn the narrow end to our eye, enhancing, enlarging and emphasizing what we observe.
We can turn the wide end to our eye, diminishing, reducing and deemphasizing what we observe.

Human nature includes invisible telescopes in front of each person's eyes.
They are continually, unconsciously turning round and round
as we choose what to enhance and what to diminish.

When what we observe reinforces the view of life we have chosen,
we stop the spinning telescopes with the wide end facing out.
When what we observe contradicts the view of life we have chosen,
we stop the spinning telescopes with the narrow end facing out.

Then we go about defending the "truth" we have perceived.