This little thought came to me the other day while studying the mind manipulation techniques of the ancient Japanese ninja.

"Truth and opinion are one."

The reasoning:

1. Ask someone about something that happened in their day. You will often hear about how a person they know was "mad", or a happening was "miraculous". Ask them to remove the emotional thought from it. What is left?

2. Describe a situation to someone. That person will tell you their opinion of it. Because of their life, that shall be the truth. But is it wrong?

Basically, everything we observe as humans must pass several "filters" in our head. When we see someone just sitting in their chair at the office, for example, we process more than just them sitting in that chair. If we know that person's temperament, that affects what we see. If we hear a rumor about that person, that gets thrown into our judgement too. If we're mad, we assume that person will be too.

Although we observe one thing, our mind will, unintentionally, twist it into something else because of whatever else may be happening in our lives. I'd like to hear what you think.