What is real? How do I understand reality? What do I perceive when I look out at the world? What are the implications of what I perceive?
These are some fundamental questions of human existence. Each of us answer questions like these according to how we perceive reality. And that is the essence of the term “worldview”. In fact, that is a simple definition of the term “worldview” – “perception of reality”. The subject of worldview is deep, wide, and high (a bit lofty). This article is intentionally focused on just the essential ingredients of worldview – namely, “perception” and “reality”.