Perceptions are not reality. To claim they are is like claiming a painting of a cat is a cat. Our perceptions are limited while reality is everything. We can only see the limited amount that will fit in our own little window. And our windows are tinted different colors to fit our own notion of how things should be.
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To mangle Radar's example: ask the concertgoers "Who played?". One will say "the person with the brown hair" while another will say "the person in the green shirt". Both are true, but there is only one reality.
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That's a very limited subset of the truth. The truth and reality
(not our perception of reality) are inseparable. Reality consists of everything that is. And truth encompasses not only that, but the reasons behind it.
Example:
Reality: Bob and Jane walk into a store and Jane asks Bob, "What do you think of this yellow t-shirt and holds it up". Bob shouts back, "That's it! I want a divorce!!!"
Truth: Bob and Jane are married, the shirt Jane is holding up belonged to Bob's mother. Jane threw it out with many of Bob's other sentimental belongings to the thrift store and knew it would hurt him if she held it up. Jane did this because she found out about Bob's affair with his secretary. Bob thought he could get away with it.....