The Nature of Reality

I spent some time yesterday considering what constitutes reality.   Someone once told me that I live in a fantasy world.   I said that wasn’t true.  What I do is create my own reality.   You have to decide for yourself what is true and what isn’t.    How many times has someone said something to you like, “I know for a fact that you didn’t do that”?   In your own mind, you know 100% that you did, however, no matter what you say, you’re never going to convince them they’re wrong.   By the same token, they’re never going to convince you that you’re wrong.   What has happened in this situation is what I would call divergent reality.    The truth is no longer relevant.  Each side of the disagreement has produced a new reality for themselves.   When you really embrace this phenomenon, you can create a wonderful world for yourself where everything is exactly the way you want it.  

This then begs the question, what is truth really good for?    Well, a lot, but only if you can agree with people on what it is.   That’s why it’s fun to bring additional parties into arguments of truth.   You can create gangs of truth enforcers.    You end up with 4 or 5 people that say something is a certain way.  The poor guy by himself on the other side starts to have doubt about his position.   He looks at the greater numbers on the other side and starts to worry that maybe he is wrong.   Eventually he breaks down and truth is established across the whole.   Then truth becomes absolute.  

Ask any group of people that really, really believe something.

My prediction for today is that at some point, you personally will wonder if something that you thought was true really is.    Have fun, or at least try to believe that you are.