Comments on: The Reality of Reality

By: Laurie

Laurie — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:00:48 +0000

I saw that Tim. I was wondering what was up with you. Now I know ;o) he he he. JK
Laurie

By: Tim Brownson

Tim Brownson — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:37:57 +0000

“You don’t see the world as it is, but as you are.”

I think that is absolutely in line with what I mean. That’s a great quote and I’ve not heard it before, thanks for posting it.

Don’t worry about the typo, I just left a comment at http://www.illuminatedmind.net, made 3 typos and sounded like a gibbering idiot. It happens ;-)

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:30:55 +0000

Sorry for the above typo. That should read, “I’m late” not “I late.”

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:29:37 +0000

Jenny, that is an absolutely fabulous story. Our thoughts and attitude are sooooo powerful.

Tim, I know I late responding to this post. I actually read it the other day and wanted to take some time to think about it and what I wanted to say…

I read a quote recently from some wise source (I don’t remember who) that goes like this:

“You don’t see the world as it is, but as you are.”

Does that go right along with this or what?!

I think from that quote we can say that things are as they are… ie. My friend is healthy or she died, I am am Asian or Mexican, I am single or married, my grass is 1 foot tall or 2 inches tall, my dog barks loud or he never barks. Things are the way they are. Things happen. But how we view them is all up to us – we see things as they are based on past expereinces, our upbringing, maybe even our genes, etc., All of those things affect how we see EVERYTHING, but the best part of it all, is that we have the power to train ourselves here and now how we see EVERYTHING (ie – our reality of these things.) Our reality (or maybe it would be better to say “our reaction to reality”) is what we make it to be.

Way to make us think, Tim! Thanks.

By: Tim Brownson

Tim Brownson — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:04:07 +0000

@ Laurie – Thanks for the input I almost wanted to question whether the forest has burnt the trees and go mega woo-woo, but it’s late and I haven’t got a clue what I’m talking about ;-)

@ Jennifer – Your example is about as great as they come and I love hearing about stuff like that. Is is LOA? Who knows and quite frankly who cares as long as it works?

@ Vered – True and I’m with on the head pain, I think we’ll keep quiet next time or talk about the relative merits of tank tops versus cardigans.

@ Evan – Now you did it, my head just exploded.

Fascinating debate everybody and thanks for taking part.

By: Evan

Evan — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:09:28 +0000

The claim of total subjectivity is self-contradictory. Those who propose it claim that it is really true. Those who healed by changing thought mean that it really did happen.

By: Vered

Vered — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:03:47 +0000

“I’ve never seen anything that can positively, definitively prove it’s wrong.” Well that doesn’t prove it’s right. And the headache just got worse. :)

By: Jennifer Mannion

Jennifer Mannion — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:52:37 +0000

Hey Tim, GREAT post! We are definitely responsible for our own reality. For years my reality I was “I am sick and will stay sick forever”. That is what the drs. said, “tests” proved and what I kept telling myself MANY times daily. When I decided to CHANGE the way I was looking at my life and my illnesses — my illnesses disappeared and my reality now is of a healthy energetic 38 year old woman with LOTS to look forward to. I believe changing the way I thought did change the way my body was recreating cells…. If I had done what the drs. recommended and “managed my pain with pills for the rest of my life” or kept my negative self talk going… I might have wound up in the wheelchair as they predicted as well….I like this reality MUCH better. Also — while you may not get a totally new brain studying someone like Jill Bolte Taylor will also reinforce the power of the mind to heal (even the brain)…. Thank Tim! Stumbled And Dugg! Gratefully, Jenny

By: Laurie

Laurie — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:36:23 +0000

I think reality is….but it is the interpretation of it that is subjective. The fire burns the forest. Fact, everyone can see the evidence. Is it good or bad? Depends on if you’re the tree that is now ash or the seed that will not germinate unless a fire has swept through the area.

DNA changes. Genes are mutated all the time. Those mutations are passed on to the next generation. DNA also deteriorates. The telomeres (the end of those rascals) breakdown a bit and cause us to age. Damn those telomeres!

This discussion sounds like one they must have had when coming up with the movie The Matrix. I remember when I was a young-un I wondered if we were all on a table with a computer hooked up to us pumping our images of life into our brains. In this case, would the person on table be reality or the image in the person’s brain?

By: Tim Brownson

Tim Brownson — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:40:03 +0000

@ Joely – Well I’m going to write and complain to Deepak Chopra on that one! I was way too lazy to check up what he meant when he said something a bit like that in some book which I think was ‘Power, Freedom and Grace’ Or maybe he said 7 years and I forgot because I’ve not looked after my brain properly!

I agree about the DNA blueprint otherwise of course we’d be changing beyond recognition all the time, but let me ask you this? Does the DNA change within itself? In other words does it holds the same information but underneath the surface it is constantly in flux? I have absolutely no idea of the answer and maybe it doesn’t, but I’d be interested to know.

I still think reality is completely subjective though ;-)