rageoftyrael
Veritas
Okay, i stated in another thread that i would start a thread debating the specifics of reality.
I will begin by giving you a general idea of what i believe reality is and how it is percieved. I believe that there are two different kinds of reality.
1. Personal Reality. In this reality, reality is based off of the five senses. Now, of course, you don't necesarilly have to be able to use all five sense on something to make it real. In fact, it is my belief that so long as one of these sense is used, that in your personal reality, this is real.
2. Collective Reality. In this reality, reality is also based off of the five senses. It doesn't stop there though, because in the collective reality, for something to be real, the majority, must be able to sense what you sense as well. Not everyone, because i blind person wont see the moon, but everyone else can see, and therefore know it is there.
Now to explain further about my theory of reality is that both of these coincide. Not only that, i also believe that the personal reality is just as "real" as the collective reality. Neither is more or less valid than the other. It is possible of course to fool many people into seeing or hearing something that isn't there, mass hypnosis would be a good example.
Now one could argue. One might say that while they agree that the collective reality seems valid, how can i say that the personal reality is equally valid? What if someone personally heard voices inside of their head? No one else can hear the voices, so therefore they can't be real. I disagree. The voices are real, because said person can hear them, thus making it real. It simply does not enter into the collective reality, but that makes it no less valid.
Now let's get weird. Say that you hear these voices, but KNOW that you are crazy and know that they are NOT real. Well, based on what i've said, you are wrong, the voices ARE real, they simply are not real in the collective reality.
Now for a more practical example. There is one man, he has the best hearing imagineable. Ten times better then the guy with the next best hearing. He can hear something far off, but no one else can hear it. Let's say it is a helicopter coming from far away. Now, since no else can hear it, according to collective reality, it is not real, but because he can hear it, it is real according to hsi own personal reality. An hour later the helicopter zooms by and everyone realizes that the man was correct.
So now we hit something i call Actuality. Actuality is what IS. We take our perceptions and beliefs out of the picture. Assuming that everything is as it is, ignoring our percieved notions of what it is, everything is. WE change the definition of somethings based on our collective or personal realities. But everything is as it is, we merely change it in our own realities to better suit our own needs.
So, Actuality, is Reality before we try to tinker around with it. So in all Actuality, the helicopter was there, coming towards them, because the man could hear it, he percieved it to be real, whereas the others could not hear it, and percieved it to not be real. So basically, im saying that the only REAL way to define reality is take our opinions and perceptions out of the picture and look upon it with a completely open mind. Thus we will never truly understand reality aka actuality, because we are incapable of truly opening our minds without some kind of bias or preset beliefs.
Okay, that's enough of that, im not sure if i explained that as well as i should have, but hopefully you guys understand(if not agree) what i was trying to say. Respond to this! Tell me im wrong, agree with me wholeheartedly, or just ignore my entire comment and express your belief of reality. I'm looking forward to reading what you guys have to say(and gals!). Thanks for you input!
I will begin by giving you a general idea of what i believe reality is and how it is percieved. I believe that there are two different kinds of reality.
1. Personal Reality. In this reality, reality is based off of the five senses. Now, of course, you don't necesarilly have to be able to use all five sense on something to make it real. In fact, it is my belief that so long as one of these sense is used, that in your personal reality, this is real.
2. Collective Reality. In this reality, reality is also based off of the five senses. It doesn't stop there though, because in the collective reality, for something to be real, the majority, must be able to sense what you sense as well. Not everyone, because i blind person wont see the moon, but everyone else can see, and therefore know it is there.
Now to explain further about my theory of reality is that both of these coincide. Not only that, i also believe that the personal reality is just as "real" as the collective reality. Neither is more or less valid than the other. It is possible of course to fool many people into seeing or hearing something that isn't there, mass hypnosis would be a good example.
Now one could argue. One might say that while they agree that the collective reality seems valid, how can i say that the personal reality is equally valid? What if someone personally heard voices inside of their head? No one else can hear the voices, so therefore they can't be real. I disagree. The voices are real, because said person can hear them, thus making it real. It simply does not enter into the collective reality, but that makes it no less valid.
Now let's get weird. Say that you hear these voices, but KNOW that you are crazy and know that they are NOT real. Well, based on what i've said, you are wrong, the voices ARE real, they simply are not real in the collective reality.
Now for a more practical example. There is one man, he has the best hearing imagineable. Ten times better then the guy with the next best hearing. He can hear something far off, but no one else can hear it. Let's say it is a helicopter coming from far away. Now, since no else can hear it, according to collective reality, it is not real, but because he can hear it, it is real according to hsi own personal reality. An hour later the helicopter zooms by and everyone realizes that the man was correct.
So now we hit something i call Actuality. Actuality is what IS. We take our perceptions and beliefs out of the picture. Assuming that everything is as it is, ignoring our percieved notions of what it is, everything is. WE change the definition of somethings based on our collective or personal realities. But everything is as it is, we merely change it in our own realities to better suit our own needs.
So, Actuality, is Reality before we try to tinker around with it. So in all Actuality, the helicopter was there, coming towards them, because the man could hear it, he percieved it to be real, whereas the others could not hear it, and percieved it to not be real. So basically, im saying that the only REAL way to define reality is take our opinions and perceptions out of the picture and look upon it with a completely open mind. Thus we will never truly understand reality aka actuality, because we are incapable of truly opening our minds without some kind of bias or preset beliefs.
Okay, that's enough of that, im not sure if i explained that as well as i should have, but hopefully you guys understand(if not agree) what i was trying to say. Respond to this! Tell me im wrong, agree with me wholeheartedly, or just ignore my entire comment and express your belief of reality. I'm looking forward to reading what you guys have to say(and gals!). Thanks for you input!