The Gyroscope Is Always Trying to Escape Your Hold

In Gestalt psychology our attention is captured by the figure rather than the background. And to all those phenomena that in this way attract our attention we attribute a higher degree of reality, he says. Consciousness you see is a radar that is scanning the environment to look out for trouble. But quite obviously you as a complete individual are much more than the scanning system. You are in relationships with the external world that on the whole are incredibly harmonious.