There are an infinite number of signals in the world. We create our reality by paying attention to a subset of these. By picking what signals you pay attention to, by picking your "reality tunnel", you can create the world you want.
As my friends, trying to be helpful, pulled at my hair, trying to separate head from table, I wondered how a table could possible become so sticky. I began to dream about the sheer quantity of negligence, compounding over decades, truck-loads of spilled sticky rice, lightly brushed off with a napkin instead of washed with soap and water, congealing into an industrial strength adhesive, that had now attached my head to this table-top, possibly forever.