The real you
May 28, 2024 17:16:12 GMT
Post by Stella on May 28, 2024 17:16:12 GMT
Let's start by becoming familiar with the two different versions of reality we all experience directly from our environment. There's the actual reality - the universe, this planet, our physical bodies, Mother Nature, and so on. Then you have conceptual reality - the reality which is created out of human thinking and human imagination. So how much do you think you know and understand about your reality?
So let's start with the conceptual reality.
Conceptual reality
Let's start with your name. It's a concept. Your gender identity. Another concept. Your childhood. Another concept. Your past. A concept. Your education. This is another concept. Your nationality and citizenship. This is another concept. Time is another concept. Money is another concept. God is a concept. the United Kingdom is another concept. The Government is a concept. Your political beliefs? Another concept. The town where you live is another concept. The language you speak is another concept. Even every single word you speak is a concept. Every thought is a concept. Every emotion and feeling is a concept.
You do realize that I can go on and on and on here, don't you? Your job is a concept. Your interests and hobbies are concepts. The economy is a concept. In fact anything and everything which is permanent and unchanging - it's a concept.
All these concepts come from the process of socialization you were put through from early childhood onwards through your upbringing, education, social and mental conditioning, and so on. You probably understand that throughout much of your life you've had different people all busy telling you who and what you are, what to think, what to believe, what you should know, how to behave, and so on and so forth. Out of this of course you develop your Ego, sense of self, sense of identity, who you are, how you live your life, what you know and so on.
Now I want to get into actual reality and how it's different from conceptual reality. But also I want to make you aware of some false illusions which you think make up reality, but they actually don't have anything to do with actual reality at all. So let me give you a definition of actual reality against conceptual reality, and add some tabs for some of the major illusions which can really skew your perception and your thinking.
Now please keep in mind that reality - actual reality - is coming at you in a multidimensional continuum of sensation and experience. This means that everything is happening everywhere all the time. Humans can only think in terms of concepts - because language is the central human reference point for life, existence, and living existence. You can only ever be as consciously aware as you can put into words and express through language.
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So let's start with the conceptual reality.
Conceptual reality
Let's start with your name. It's a concept. Your gender identity. Another concept. Your childhood. Another concept. Your past. A concept. Your education. This is another concept. Your nationality and citizenship. This is another concept. Time is another concept. Money is another concept. God is a concept. the United Kingdom is another concept. The Government is a concept. Your political beliefs? Another concept. The town where you live is another concept. The language you speak is another concept. Even every single word you speak is a concept. Every thought is a concept. Every emotion and feeling is a concept.
You do realize that I can go on and on and on here, don't you? Your job is a concept. Your interests and hobbies are concepts. The economy is a concept. In fact anything and everything which is permanent and unchanging - it's a concept.
All these concepts come from the process of socialization you were put through from early childhood onwards through your upbringing, education, social and mental conditioning, and so on. You probably understand that throughout much of your life you've had different people all busy telling you who and what you are, what to think, what to believe, what you should know, how to behave, and so on and so forth. Out of this of course you develop your Ego, sense of self, sense of identity, who you are, how you live your life, what you know and so on.
Now I want to get into actual reality and how it's different from conceptual reality. But also I want to make you aware of some false illusions which you think make up reality, but they actually don't have anything to do with actual reality at all. So let me give you a definition of actual reality against conceptual reality, and add some tabs for some of the major illusions which can really skew your perception and your thinking.
Now please keep in mind that reality - actual reality - is coming at you in a multidimensional continuum of sensation and experience. This means that everything is happening everywhere all the time. Humans can only think in terms of concepts - because language is the central human reference point for life, existence, and living existence. You can only ever be as consciously aware as you can put into words and express through language.
read more