Comments on: Is all of reality simply perception?

By: electronic cigarette

electronic cigarette — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:56:03 +0000

I heard this great story from a girl at the Forum. During one of the breaks she called her mom and said "Mom, I forgive you for trying to kill me when I was a child." Her mother was stunned, wondering what in the world she was talking about. The girl responded "I remember when I was about six years old. I was jumping on the bed and you were furious. You grapped me, hit me and choked me." Her mom couldn't believe what she was hearing. The two had always had a strained relationship, but she never really understood why until that moment. Through tears the mother explained "Sweetheart, you were jumping on the bed and you had a hard candy in your mouth. You swallowed it and were choking. I wasn't choking you, I was trying to save you." electronic cigarette’s last blog post..Sen. Lautenberg wants to snuff out electronic cigarettes

By: Julian

Julian — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:40:09 +0000

Reality is totally a matter of perception. I used to work in adventure tourism. Visitors would find the abseiling trips we took them on terrifying as they felt they were dangerous. But the reality was that the safety standards and training of the staff was so thorough that it would be far more dangerous crossing the road. To take it a stage further: the human body is made up of far more empty space than matter but we perceive it as a solid mass. All of reality is an illusion! Julian’s last blog post..How To Sleep Better

By: Chris | Martial Development

Chris | Martial Development — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:24:59 +0000

We can’t pretend to have a total grasp on reality, but if we try hard we can be pretty darn sure of quite a few things. To quote the great philosopher, If we can't be sure of everything, then how can we be sure of anything? Chris | Martial Development’s last blog post..Shaolin Superstars…of Dance?

By: Jeremy Day

Jeremy Day — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 22:19:16 +0000

Hi all,

It has been interesting to read everyone’s comments. It has been even more interesting to think about how each comment is shaded by our own perceptions. It seems we all have a fundamental understanding of how our own “realities” differ from others. Yet, how can we use this information for our own, and others, benefit? Food for future thought…

Cheers,
Jeremy

By: LisaNewton

LisaNewton — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 13:38:38 +0000

Is this like, "The grass is always greener?" We often think a new place will offer things the old place didn't, or perceive it as such. However, unless we have changed, a new location, idea, or lifestyle won't make a difference. LisaNewton’s last blog post..Sea gulls in Motion

By: Trey - Swollen Thumb Entertainment

Trey - Swollen Thumb Entertainment — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:42:11 +0000

Life is definitely what you make out of it. There is no universal code for what is good and bad. We, as human beings are so different from each other, but at the same time we are all the same. We all have our own senses, and opinions. It’s the same reason that one person might love living in New York, and another person prefers rural Arkansas.

By: Alik Levin | PracticeThis.com

Alik Levin | PracticeThis.com — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:20:22 +0000

reminds me a movie…. ahh! Matrix
“We don’t see the things the way they are. We see things the way WE are.”
- Talmund
Here is how i practice this – i adopted radio dial metaphor. When i feel i am on the wrong wave i try to tune my personal “radio dial” to another, better wave. Tune in, get motivated, produce more results with less energy

Alik Levin | PracticeThis.com’s last blog post..Consultant Deceive The Heavens To Cross The Ocean. And Wins.

By: Mark Foo

Mark Foo — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:55:37 +0000

Perception is just another way of giving meaning to something. This reminds me of a quote by T. Harv Eker "Nothing has meaning except for the meaning you give it." For many things in life, there's no absolute truth in it, except for what you believe to be the truth. Even a scientific discovery is not the absolute truth. It is only an assumption taken to be the truth until proven wrong. Cheers~ Mark Mark Foo’s last blog post..Are You Creating Enough Value To Remain Indispensable In This Tough Economic Time?

By: Armen Shirvanian

Armen Shirvanian — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:21:09 +0000

You might say that the reality around us is irrelevant, and that we can work from the vision we have in our minds. If we feel that everyone around us is there because we allow and observe them to be there, then we are controlling their presence. I'd say we can go very far in re-framing our environment into one that we see ourselves controlling, up to the point that we feel we are pushing too hard against the reality we still assume is there. I would say that you could go for a long period of time while maintaining a perception that all around you is controllable. It might be an advantageous way to go. Armen Shirvanian’s last blog post..Quote Analysis 2

By: Kent @ The Financial Philosopher

Kent @ The Financial Philosopher — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:33:41 +0000

Jeremy:

I’m glad you changed your post title. I would say that “life is what you make it” can equally be communicated as “life is how you see it.”

Perception is often mistakenly defined in visual terms. I know you were using “the lenses we are wearing” in a metaphorical sense, however, equating perception with visual senses is part of the problem with those of us with “sight.”

Perhaps we can take this metaphor further: If a man were born blind at birth, how would they describe “perception?”

A person born blind, for example, would not have any real understanding of “darkness” because they have not seen the light; their conception of beauty would be based very little (or not at all) upon physical appearances; and they would arguably have a greater understanding of reality because there would be no visual distractions defining their perception.

Personally speaking, I believe my “reality” can be better “seen” in the absence of physical world appearances. When I close my eyes, I am in my own reality…

“I can see, and that is why I can be happy, in what you call the dark, but which to me is golden. I can see a God-made world, not a man-made world.” ~ Helen Keller