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 How do you make sure your perception of something is exactly how It is?  
 Good question 👍

When we misperceive What Is, inevitably we fall into error. Then things don't work out the way we expect them to.

So we have to have the honesty with ourselves to acknowledge that mistaken perception and question our fundamental orientation.

It's a constant cycle of reflecting on how we fall into error and striving to not be caught up in things that cause us to misperceive. 
 Interesting, a constant endeavor to find "the truth" wherever it may lead you, while having the humbleness to except that your perception may fail future tests. 

Very similar to first principles thinking, I'm very aligned to this 😛