REALITY AS WE KNOW IT
Is reality what we all see? Or is reality what one sees and another does not? Is my reality different than yours and vise versa? Is reality our reality? Or the reality others have placed on us? What if reality is greater than the constructive premonition in which we have been presented our entire lives? What is REALITY?
The dictionary definition of reality can be defined as the world or state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic notional idea of them
Key words: as they actually exist
Reality is interchangeable. It is different based on perception and observation. It is created by what we focus on and how we choose to interpret it. Reality is a mirror of our thoughts. It is a paradigm of our beliefs. Your reality and how you live life is dependent on how you choose to see things.
THE LIMITATIONS OF OUR PHYSICAL SENSES
Is yellow actually yellow? Or is it that which we are told? Is my yellow your blue, and your blue my yellow?
Color isn’t color until its waves and particles meet our eyes. How we perceive it is up to us.
With this concept in mind, understand that everything we receive is just information. Our mind naturally interprets all things into our reality through the use of our senses.
In all actuality, we depend on our senses to measure reality… but what if there were no senses? Imagine a life without senses. What then would be your reality? All that would be left is your consciousness, but your consciousness may not be conscious.
Your awareness, senses, and beliefs are what make your reality. See reality as just a possibility or probability. Because, what we see is most definitely not what is.
If you did not believe in the things you believe in, imagine what your reality would be like. Your reality may be different than my reality because I may believe something that you may not believe.
But, it’s much deeper than that.
In all actuality, what we perceive is what most believe that there is and that that is all that is:
“Quite literally, at least 96% of ‘reality’ it simply invisible to us. We perceive so little yet think this is all there is. So what does this mean exactly? It means that if we open our minds to what we can’t see, then we might need to rethink how much we know about reality." -- Ziad Masri
Our physical senses capture only a small fraction of what is happening around us. Because of this, that is all we know. And because that is all we know, we make the swift conclusion that all we see is all we know.
But how? How is one’s reality disparate from others merely based on the idea that reality is a reflection of beliefs?
Ponder on this for a moment: Is the world a reality (real) if it isn’t tangible (physical)?
In other words, is our reality real if there was no induction of tangible forces?
If we were to lose all of our senses, or perhaps never have been born with our 5 basic senses, what would be our reality? Would we understand life itself? Or would our reality be a completely different reality due to the lack of our senses?
The answer is in the air, however one can conclude that all that is left is consciousness.
Consciousness has a great connection to the Laws of the Universe and Quantum Physics.
Not to get technical here, but we’re getting technical here…
REALITY, THE LAW OF THE UNIVERSE, AND THE LAW OF NATURE
We can connect the Law of the Universe in this sense by understanding that our world is more of an energetic idea than reality. Quantum physics has shown that everything is energy (more on this later), this includes us. Therefore, “reality” isn’t very physical, rather mental. It states that particles do not assume a specific position until they are observed.
There is no existence without perception. Our world physically only exists as data (from our senses) in our minds.
We can further understand this by introducing the “Observer Effect” , which says that the consciousness of the observer (us) affects how the energy will behave.
Observation affects reality. The Observer Effect says that nothing becomes until an observer, observes it. And Superposition proves that subatomic particles (protons, electron, etc) are capable of being in hundreds of places simultaneously - this is only possible if everything is energy at the most fundamental level.
Where there is an observer, there is a reality. Where there is no observer, there are infinite realities. Perhaps this is why we cannot see supernatural things or different dimensions.
(If this is difficult to fathom, substitute reality for possibility)
For example, If I looked at a willow tree, it would not have been apart of my reality until I looked at it.The tree would be neither existent or nonexistent, but instead it would be in both states until it is observed. It would be a... wait for it... illusion. Everything is an illusion. It is all a perception of our minds, our perspective, and our reality.
Kant’s doctrine claims that human experience of things is similar to the way they appear them to be, rather than being as they really are. Therefore, objects are only appearances, and we know nothing about the real things of which they are appearances.
Similar is the idea of phenomenalism. Phenomenalism simply states that objects disappear when not looking at them. This is merely because these objects only “exist” as a phenomenon of our consciousness.
You create your reality through your mind (our thought impulses). Which manifests itself through your thoughts, which, with repetition, become subconscious beliefs. This all begins with the first state of a belief - agreement ( a belief is merely an agreement or trusting something and seeing it as true).
Okay, so this is not just a fancy way of proving that you can essentially create whatever life you want for yourself. Let’s continue…
Everything you see in this world is a product of thought, turned to energy (with consistency, belief, and perseverance) and turned into reality.
To further help your understanding, think in terms of vibrancy. One can usually feel a sense of overwhelming emotions when placed in a trying situation. For example, if I were walking through a dark alley way in New York City after midnight, I would feel a sense of fear, and therefore feel the vibes of fear. Same goes when meeting new people.. With negative people, we often get negative vibrations.
So, our life is essentially what our thoughts make it. Our thoughts are energy.
“ … this earth, every one of the billions of individual cells of your body and every atom of matter began as an intangible form of energy. Desire as a thought impulse. Thought impulses are forms of energy.” -- Napoleon Hill
Okay, so I may sound like a crazy lady. Allow me to prove my credibility here, let's get to the good stuff...
(side note: this may seem overwhelming or confusing for all you non-science geeks - I myself am nowhere near a science genius, but hear me out, this will further your understanding).
The entire universe consists of two elements: matter and energy.
Either cannot be created or destroyed.
Matter is essentially anything that has mass and takes up space. Energy is the capacity in which work is done.
Energy is intangible. Matter is tangible.
Einstein’s E= mc2 states that mass and energy are intimately related.
Life is energy. We are all energy. We give and feed off of vibrations (energy).
We have physical energy in the sense of our actions and our weaknesses.
We have energy that is a mere reflection of our subconscious beliefs.
We emit energy everywhere we go through vibrations and waves.
ENERGY IS THE REASON WHY WE BECOME DEPRESSED WHEN THERE IS NO SUN AROUND.
“Life is energy, if it is anything. If neither energy nor matter can be destroyed, of course life cannot be destroyed. Life, like other forms of energy, may be passed through various processes of transition, or change, but it cannot be destroyed. Death is mere transition." -- Napoleon Hill
to further explain this, I highly recommend reading the book, "Think & Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill. Hill does an excellent job at depicting and organizing the mind- universe connection into a piece of literature.
THE APPLICATION TO US
So, if we are made of energy, and energy is but a sibling to matter according to Einstein’s conclusions, we are able to confirm that our energy (intangible) can be transmuted into matter (tangible).
Therefore, our reality is but a mere reflection of our energy (positive or negative).
“If you want to find the secrets of the Universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.” – Nikola Tesla
OUR LIFE IS WHAT OUR THOUGHTS MAKE IT
Everything else that we see is a shadow, or limitation, of how things truly are. Our understanding of our reality is dependable on our subjective thoughts (subconscious beliefs).
Furthermore, if we cannot truly tell whether or not we are dreaming, then how can we tell whether or not we are living a reality?
Think in terms of : I think, therefore, I am
If you think you are, you actually are.
In all reality (aha, the irony), we cannot truly confirm the existence of anything except our consciousness. We cannot know objects outside of our perception of them - for our perceptions, they are the eyes of our belief system.
So what I am getting at is, nothing is considered your reality until you have observed it. If for example, we came from clay, instead of the cyclical process of life as we know it(through our mothers), our parents would not be considered apart of our reality because they simply do not exist, nor have we observed that we come from them.
Your reality is what you make it. Your reality begins with your beliefs, and your energy. So, if all of the precursory paragraphs did not make any sense whatsoever - I’m totally with you. It took me awhile to fathom but fundamentally helped my understand that life is much more than what we make it. Come back and read this post again tomorrow, a week from now, a year from now, and you will begin to understand. Allow your brain to truly ponder on this truth, and become open-minded to what life truly can be, without the limitations.
My goal here was not to overwhelm you with scientific ... confusion. But merely, to show truth in my point.
Until next time, Minddump.
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