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“Conscious states of mind are felt.”
— Antonio Damasio, Self Comes to Mind
“To be real. That is the answer.”
— TheBigHenry
“Personal reality emerges from the process of consciousness felt.”
— TheBigHenry
“Happiness is the pursuit.”
— TheBigHenry
Reality, like "truth", is many things to many people, which is to say, "Who's to say what it really is?" Ultimately, "reality" depends on the nature and context of its quest. As is frequently the case, when questing for the most important and elusive answers, Albert Einstein's universal qualification applies: It's all relative.
Let us, therefore, content ourselves with a more manageable quest — what constitutes a person's own reality? Let us contemplate how to respond to the common admonition, "Get real!"
Whatever one's personal beliefs are concerning life, death and everything else, it behooves one to decide how to live one's life. We can not control most external influences, but we can make an effort to train our own brain's activity. And in the larger sense of a "consensus" reality, among which I include mainstream scientific theories, there is reason to believe that the nature of reality is process, as opposed to stasis. Hence, one's personal reality is, to some extent, within our own control.
There are techniques, such as meditation, to assist you in conditioning your mind to a desirable train of thought. The first step in your pursuit of happiness is to imagine it. The second step is to define or redefine your quest's specific objective. The third is to train your brain to stay on track toward this objective.
Because I believe in practicing what I preach, here is my current thinking on the subject matter:
- TheBigHenry's Current Reality
- Happiness is the pursuit.
- My objective is to become as knowledgeable about what strikes me as important in life, as life itself and time permit.
- My brain-training includes reading, thinking, writing, and meditation, wherein my mantra is, "Neatness counts".
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