If you defined reality based on your own...

[Hammzah]

If you were to define what "reality" means based off your own belief, what would the definition of reality look like? For the purposes of this question, feel free to substitute the word "reality" with "truth" if that better suits your perspective on things.

 

[Epic Beard Man]

I believe reality is there here and now, in which this existence produces stimuli where my brain reacts to the environment where I begin to interact with the world. I believe only a complex mind can perceive existence in such a way in comparison to a life form that simply lives and exist (such as a virus), but sets no differentiation of existing, and existence.

 

[danieldemol]

Open your physical senses and you will perceive the physical dimension. Open your inner perceptions to perceive the spiritual dimension

 

[joe1776]

Conscious reality is limited to what I can see, hear, smell, taste and feel when I'm awake. Nearby, in another part of my brain, there is an unconscious reality that seems to be going on 24/7. I suspect that the unconscious is in touch with a mysterious greater reality, but who knows really?

 

[osgart]

Reality is the great mystery.

Purpose out of nothing. Can't be true!

Intelligence is not some fluke physical happenings. No way.

What does that leave?

A living natural force, perhaps panpsychism.

An omnipresent non detectable field force. That shapes and forms physical reality. It is everywhere and immaterial.

If string theory is true, this is a simulation. And the universe is a natural computer, intelligently so.

Primordial eternal intelligence exists.

 

[Sha'irullah]

Reality is a weird place where drugs are abundant and humor is lacking.

 

[Twilight Hue]

If you were to define what "reality" means based off your own belief, what would the definition of reality look like? For the purposes of this question, feel free to substitute the word "reality" with "truth" if that better suits your perspective on things.

Same reality by which you can ask questions about reality, and post on internet forms. ;0)

 

[Kapalika]

I don't really understand the question. Unless someone thinks that this world we perceive and interact with isn't the real one, reality would be that which is real/concrete, which obviously we are experiencing. Since you didnt' seem to imply any kind of false-reality we are living in I won't even get into that.

As far as truth, it's the same thing. I think most debates on the nature of truth are horribly pretentious because it comes back to semantic masturbation. Language is inpercise but I don't think it takes a genius to figure out what the hell truth is. I'm mostly a minimalist when it comes to truth because the argument always comes down to statements and saying "x is true" is the same as saying "X" but because of the aforementioned inprecision I have to take a bit' of the negative pragmatist view as well.

 

[Phantasman]

Open your physical senses and you will perceive the physical dimension. Open your inner perceptions to perceive the spiritual dimension

I like this response best.

Are we seeing reality and spirituality an illusion? Or are we in an illusion where spiritual is the reality?

The human mind is so far above what physical reality offers that I believe something above physical reality does exist.

 

[Sha'irullah]

I think reality is a war.

War with whom?

 

[Jumi]

Reality is what everyone shares, but what most don't seem to like. There are parts of reality that everyone understands, some that very few understand and many that no one understands.

 

[Unveiled Artist]

If you were to define what "reality" means based off your own belief, what would the definition of reality look like? For the purposes of this question, feel free to substitute the word "reality" with "truth" if that better suits your perspective on things.

I feel we'd be at peace when we understand the nature of life and death and all in between. Some cultures see death in a positive way while where I am from, death is feared and rarely talked about.

The Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life

Life and death as transmitted from the Buddha to all living beings is Myoho-renge-kyo. The five characters of Myoho-renge-kyo were transferred from Shakyamuni and Many Treasures, the two Buddhas inside the treasure tower, to Bodhisattva Superior Practices, carrying on a heritage unbroken since the infinite past. Myō represents death, and hō, life. Living beings that pass through the two phases of life and death are the entities of the Ten Worlds, or the entities of Myoho-renge-kyo.

T’ien-t’ai says that one should understand that living beings and their environments, and the causes and effects at work within them, are all the Law of renge (the lotus).1 Here “living beings and their environments” means the phenomena of life and death. Thus, it is clear that, where life and death exist, cause and effect, or the Law of the lotus, is at work.

I have just carefully read your letter. To reply, the ultimate Law of life and death as transmitted from the Buddha to all living beings is Myoho-renge-kyo. The five characters of Myoho-renge-kyo were transferred from Shakyamuni and Many Treasures, the two Buddhas inside the treasure tower, to Bodhisattva Superior Practices, carrying on a heritage unbroken since the infinite past. Myō represents death, and hō, life. Living beings that pass through the two phases of life and death are the entities of the Ten Worlds, or the entities of Myoho-renge-kyo.

T’ien-t’ai says that one should understand that living beings and their environments, and the causes and effects at work within them, are all the Law of renge (the lotus).1 Here “living beings and their environments” means the phenomena of life and death. Thus, it is clear that, where life and death exist, cause and effect, or the Law of the lotus, is at work.

The Great Teacher Dengyō states, “The two phases of life and death are the wonderful workings of one mind. The two ways of existence and nonexistence are the true functions of an inherently enlightened mind.”2No phenomena—either heaven or earth, yin or yang,3 the sun or the moon, the five planets,4 or any of the worlds from hell to Buddhahood—are free from the two phases of life and death. Life and death are simply the two functions of Myoho-renge-kyo. In his Great Concentration and Insight, T’ien-t’ai says, “Arising is the arising of the essential nature of the Law, and extinction is the extinction of that nature.” Shakyamuni and Many Treasures, the two Buddhas, are also the two phases of life and death.

 

[Hammzah]

War with whom?

If peace is an idea, then what is the opposite of peace and idea? War and reality, correct? Human body is at war with it self. If we bring peace to our human bodies then we shall live forever, because the body would not be at war anymore.

Reality is what everyone shares, but what most don't seem to like. There are parts of reality that everyone understands, some that very few understand and many that no one understands.

"Reality is what everyone shares, but what most don't seem to like."

I actually like that. As if reality is a depression, and full of fear.

 

[David T]

Conscious reality is limited to what I can see, hear, smell, taste and feel when I'm awake. Nearby, in another part of my brain, there is an unconscious reality that seems to be going on 24/7. I suspect that the unconscious is in touch with a mysterious greater reality, but who knows really?

So you are a virgin? If conscious understanding of sex was eliminated all books all understanding and reference, in the first 24 hours there would be a massive discovery of sex, 48 hours it would go viral 72 hours we would already have social chaos developing and 96 hours people would be calling for behavioral rules, the kama sutra would be in print, porn would be on the internet, and so on and so on.. Sexuality is a part of the unconscious but not all of it.

 

[joe1776]

So you are a virgin? If conscious understanding of sex was eliminated all books all understanding and reference, in the first 24 hours there would be a massive discovery of sex, 48 hours it would go viral 72 hours we would already have social chaos developing and 96 hours people would be calling for behavioral rules, the kama sutra would be in print, porn would be on the internet, and so on and so on.. Sexuality is a part of the unconscious but not all of it.

I don't understand. Why would our conscious understanding of sex be eliminated? Was Kant wrong when he said: All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason? Is sex an exception? If so, why?

 

[David T]

I don't understand. Why would our conscious understanding of sex be eliminated? Was Kant wrong when he said: All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason? Is sex an exception? If so, why?

. Kant is correct, and he correctly structures knowledge as being the outcome the secondary not primary. That's evolutionary development. In evolutionary development the dysfunctionally self labeled region of the brain called "higher functioning" is in fact the least important the newest aspect on this planet."higher functioning" label is very Christian btw. Its the locus for us to express write and complex abstraction it's not "sexuality" that's a scientific fact just by child like observation in the enviroment. One could say that region is where we manifest our sense of self in rather strange ways as well. Sexuality exists independent of that region, that region is a manifestation of sexuality. . We can communicate via that region, it becomes through literacy, through accedemics, through culture rather absurdly self deluding.

So you said the unconscious who knows, and I said if we eliminated what is known at that singular region of the brain in 96 hours sexuality would be a big deal. The unconscious determines conscious, conscious never determines unconscious although it loves to pretend. Freud is a great example of fantasy make believe of the "higher functioning" region of the cranium.!! Freud is a cute nutty child and very normal. Jung is, well an entirely different cat a totally different species he is not normal. Although the really really strange cat is John Muir. Art what is art? Tricky question.

 

[Thief]

If you were to define what "reality" means based off your own belief, what would the definition of reality look like? For the purposes of this question, feel free to substitute the word "reality" with "truth" if that better suits your perspective on things.

my fellow man is insane

I know this from watching the news

 

[Thief]

War with whom?

how about ......God versus the devil