Gradually you learn to adopt viewpoints and come to define yourself by the limits of your skin. This dis-integration process continues as you become identified with the viewpoints of your gender, religion, state, country, career, job, etc. These viewpoints filter your perceptions and experiences. As you identify with more defined viewpoints you lose touch with your more expansive awareness of the world. You see less.
Colors are less vibrant.
You experience the world through many layers of belief filters. Your ability to process information, make decisions and operate effectively in the world is directly related to your ability to shift viewpoints. We are told that the best way to know another person is to walk a mile in their shoes. Their are few problems in the world that can't be improved by a shift in viewpoint. If you find yourself in a situation that feels out of your control, chances are you've defined your viewpoint as too small, too restricted.