Some of the philosophical books [Buddhism, etc.] I have been reading make brief references to the tricks our mind plays with us. I did not make note of a clear concise example I could use to explain in conversation and have been looking for one. One occurred to me this morning.
The trick of fantasy:
Our mind plays this trick with us and warps our expectations even from the real world [e.g. sex with a supermodel, etc. the fact that a sexy image of a super model can make you buy a bottle of perfume [real life, real world action] shows that you are connecting the two, and that while you know that 'sex with a supermodel' is a fantasy, it is affecting your expectation of the real world.]
While fantasy is creative and fun we are not always careful with out attitude towards it.
I am so excited about this these ideas that I am now looking for a catalog of all the tricks our mind plays with us. Do you know of any such book or website?
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