Where did you get that idea?

I find it easiest to use the analogy of a forest when referring to the world and the relation to the self. In this forest, the trees represent ideas, perceptions, information, values, etc. The grass and undergrowth represent the medium of communication in media; it determines how big, where, and when trees grow.
If one is to walk through this forest, the sights of the tress and the feel of the grass are different in different areas. One may enjoy and know some trees better than others, while others are ignored. The more time that is spent with certain trees, the better one knows the branches, the leaves, and the bark of the trees. At some point you may find that one only likes certain tress at certain times of the day or the year or once ignored tress are now more interesting. Perhaps one discovers new trees that weren't found before. After so long, one finds themselves on different sides of the forest always making time and agendas when to go to all the tress that one likes to spend time with. At some point maybe one forgets a tree that they usually visit and is eventually forgotten while others take their place.

Now imagine that one only looks at the forest from a nearby hill. From the view on the hill, one sees the entire forest from above and is always enraptured by the view. One may not be able to describe the forest in detail, but they can give a broad description of it, with locations, features, etc. One might not be able to see all of the forest from that point of view, however that is not the point of looking at the forest from that hill. Occasionally one might change from which hill they view the forest, but essentially it looks about the same from any angle.

Obviously, the first example is that of the book "The Saturated Self" by Kenneth J. Gergen. One who is within the delved deep within the forest experiences an overload of things to do and see. Eventually there is an overchoice and things become prioritized by time consumption and by other parameters; the places I go and why. The more values, perceptions, and facts that one finds and experiences, determines what one does.

The second example is taken from a 1906 publication called "On the Doctrine of Personal Identity" by Charles Comyns Tucker. His book states that few lapses of moments or single, simple perceptions conceals the beauty of the whole character. He uses the example that a ray of sunlight is in no comparison to the entire sun shining down upon you. He asserts, "Sense of identity is a universal fact of consciousness, and nothing that does not destroy consciousness can divest a rational being of it(8-9)." This sense of identity is intrinsic to human nature and is the core of our very being. In order to have that identity, one needs to be conscious of the 'big picture' and of it's future continuance; the beauty of the forest and it's forgoing existence.