The Reality of Perception

It is one thing to say "I am only going to do things that are fun" and quite another to say "I am going to have fun doing everything". The former demonstrates a lack of understanding that 'fun' is an internally generated, externally germinated phenomenon. The latter relies on the acceptance of the world as it is, and an appreciation that the world is fundamentally good in its natural state. This is akin to the 'three vinegar tasters' in Chinese religious paintings, where the three founders of China's major religions react to the taste of vinegar: Confucius (Confucianism) has a sour expression, as he saw life as sour and in need of rules to mitigate this; Buddha (Buddhism) has a bitter expression, as he saw life as a bitter journey of pain and suffering; Laozi (Taoism) has a sweet expression, as he saw life as fundamentally good 'as it is', as surely as the vinegar tasted as it was supposed to taste. One could argue that one's experience of the world is highly correlated with one's view of the world, but I would argue that one's view of the world is the causal factor in one's experience of it.