Humans cannot possibly process all the millions of bits of information per second that the senses send to the brain. So, to keep ourselves sane, we pick and choose, distort, and delete to piece something with meaning and coherence to live by.
Still, it's a story. And once we realize that we are living in a story that we made up, we can set our minds to making up an even better one.
In module 7, we discuss the purpose and practice of the movie room exercise. All the world's a story. Good to know so you can upgrade your own.