We've all heard that "Seeing is believing". Or is it the other way around? Your view of reality is purely determined by your distinct take on it. Another words, our perception of reality is exactly that, our perception. Your perception is unique unto its own. No one else can see the world exactly as you see it.
For example, the table you are sitting at may be made of wood. It is indeed solid wood as you know it. But zoom down far enough, using a powerful microscope and you will see that the wood is not "solid" at all. Instead it is composed of tiny atoms, vibrating very rapidly next to one another. And if the atoms themselves were sentient, they would not view themselves as a table at all, but rather, a community of like-beings, existing together.
Let's take a more practical example, I see my brother Nathan as my brother. To me, he's an all-around good guy, who used to pick on me as kids. I know I can ask him for help if ever I needed it, but I can't rely on him to reply to my emails any time soon. To his co-worker, he is someone who is a node on the assembly line, so to speak.
Perhaps it is easier to grasp by simply saying that every person has a "filter" through which they see the world. It does not deem one person better than another, merely different.
