Define 'Reality'

[Admin]

Give your definition of reality. What makes something 'real' to you?

[sakura.tower]

Oooo...deep.

Hmmmm...

Reality and I are on bad terms at the moment. Not that I feel as though I'm living on a giant marshmallow surrounded my happy bunny rabbits or anything...though that sounds pleasant. It's more that I feel completely entrenched by reality.

I guess I define reality as mundane day-to-day existance. Worrying more about your next mortgage payment than such awesome things as how we fit into the larger fabric of the cosmos. I have a friend who can honestly understand the interconnectivity between himself and all things. I envy him that. So, reality is perspective.

The first time I saw an episode of LAIN, I was devastated by the concept of alternate reality. I'd heard about it before, of course, but this idea of a similtaneously existing world of equal value was crushing. I wanted an alternative so badly. An existance where I matter, not just as a cog, but as the wheel. I will never be happy until the fate of the universe rests on my shoulders. lol I don't want fame (though I'll take the money any day), but I do really want to feel like existance itself is worthwhile.

Oooooo, I am soooo emo! lol

[TOFU]

Anything I can remember clearly while I say I am awake is real.

[Ishva]

mmmm!! and oprotunity for me to quote the hua hu ching!

#41 no wait, 42

Nothing in the realm of thoughts or ideologies is absolute. Lean on one for long, and it collapses. Because of this, there is nothing more futile and frustrating than relying on the mind. To arrive at the unshakable, you must befriend the Tao. To do this, quiet your thinking. Stop analyzing, dividing, making distinctions between one thing and another. Simply see that you are at the center of the universe, and accept all things and beings as parts of your infinite body. When you perceive that an act done to another is done to yourself, you have understood the great truth. 

and #44

This is the nature of the unenlightened mind: The sense organs, which are limited in scope and ability, randomly gather information. This partial information is arranged into judgements, which are based on previous judgements, which are usually based on someone else's foolish ideas. These false concepts and ideas are then stored in a highly selective memory system. Distortion upon distortion: the mental energy flows constantly through contorted and inappropriate channels, and the more one uses the mind, the more confused one becomes. To eliminate the vexation of the mind, it doesn't help to do something; this only reinforces the mind's mechanics. Dissolving the mind is instead a matter of not-doing: Simply avoid becoming attached to what you see and think. Relinquish the notion that you are separated from the all-knowing mind of the universe. Then you can recover your original pure insight and see through all illusions. Knowing nothing, you will be aware of everything. Remember: because clarity and enlightenment are within your own nature, they are regained without moving an inch. 


those two pretty much outline my view on what reality is. i've been to a few different 'places' that while tottaly amazing only led me to have one solid view on reality and that is that we're too dang small as human beings to understand all of this rediculously huge reality! my day to day life honestly is just a buch of ups and downs that i ride on. and if i had to say what really defined a persons reality i'd have to point to desire. if you desire something you'll long for it, chase after it, and make all sorts of mistakes trying to get what you desire. i mean really! take note of how your reality changes the next time you really need to go to the bathroom but cant! your reality suddenly becomes centered around trying to find a way to use the bathroom! you even start to think of trying to do crazy things like trying to pee in a bottle while in a moving vehicle! now whats really intresting is when you realize all this and start shaping your own reality! oooh thats a whole new topic all together... i better just stop now.

but yeah, i could go on with this forever

[iNdioNicarao]

I would like to quote the late George Carlin:

We’re all [naughty past-tense verb]. It helps to remember that.

I forgot what the question was...

[Ishva]

google yogic metaphysics!

[Syd-Chan]

Hmm... Reality? The cruel fate that we all face when we wake up in the morning. >< It lets us know that we're not REALLY the best cosplayer at the convention or in Japan sitting next to Dumbledore at the wedding of the Queen o England and Bugs Bunny.

[Admin]

  I think thats the most interesting one yet, good description! I can just picture the Queen herself... LOL!

[Syd-Chan]

....XD It involved a dream. It also involved me showering in Japan and running around Tokyo in a towel. There was bucket-throwing involved as well. 8D

[Specter]

anything that spits out of the business end of the LHC at SERN Sweden

that's reality... quantum physics, but reality