-an example-
by JlB
Please gaze at your reflection in a puddle of water; you can achieve this mentally or physically.
If I told you that the person observable in that puddle was the 'actual' you and that you were the reflection of him, then I might begin to give you a picture of what reality actually is. It is very hard for me to describe to you what ‘reality’ is (while giving you an adequate understanding of it) without abusing words like ‘perception’ and repeatedly losing my point. When the physical characteristics from trees, like the greenness of their leaves, enters your mind with the rest of the vibrancy of life, the image that is then projected onto your brain in the life that you are used to living everyday is the reality that you have allowed yourself to live in for probably longer than you remember. In short, these are the (imaginary) rules that you create, but do not see as dictating your life. For instance, reality for you right now may be one of skepticism (a healthier mental state of mind is ‘potential acceptance’); regardless, the nonverbal agreement that you make about life on earth (or that tree, respectively) with the people of earth is the reality that we all agree to live in today—although we never technically agree to live in it as much as most people simply do not know how to live outside of it.
The common man’s reality is like a cage to his mind, but it could be the exact opposite (wings to his thought) if he were to demand a change to his reality. Frequently, people do not live in the same realities as the leaders that they follow, this is simply because people often live their lives with lower frames of mind or lower realities --that is to say, they think of themselves as lower-- than the leaders whom they follow (and also most other souls that exist). It is too common and too terrible that so many people suffer from so many fictitious and irrational reality disorders like panic, inferiority or shock (anxiety, fear, hating or any of the like). For humanity, I can see no worse fate than that of an enslaved being under the belief that he or she is free. If the people of the world would understand that the chains that condemn them to unhappiness, irrationalism and dream-assassination are affixed to the misconceptions that invade their minds; very quickly, the world would become a better place.
So, to bring you closer to my main focus, the inability to live outside of the reality that ‘curses’ your existence could be related to people who are characterized (and categorized) as insane. “Insane” people do not meet the basic standards of the world’s agreed-upon reality. Likewise, to the same extent on the opposite end of the reality spectrum, artists are characterized as being gifted for our ability to see the realities of the world from many different perspectives—or from many people’s realities if you prefer that. If you live in one encased reality, your mind is essentially the result of the lifespan of our specie under constant domestication (by our selves) -- in the truest sense of the thought. I believe this to be one of the sadder of life's circumstances.
When I do research on some of my favorite philosophers, a common belief that I find is that the common man does not have the imagination to effectively utilize reality. Habitually, the common man only uses ‘reality’ ineffectively. Ineffective reality-usage consists of hardly-ever applying thought to a specific part of your brain (essentially, imagination)—which, technically, equates to leaving that part of your brain to grow wild and undomesticated-- that overgrowth of unfocused thought can take the form of one-single affliction or it can form as a devastating group of reality ailments. Sadly, this is a common unfortunate occurrence that I have found to be true about the earth. Amazingly, however, the power of reality is so great that it might just be the best gift that God or chance has given humanity as of yet; perhaps not the best but let us not doubt the significance of reality to positivity life.
A scary movie is an example of a reality-frame that people conciously or willingly allow themselves to be brought into. Those with the power-of-mind to not succumb to the false-reality that the movie provides are left unafraid and sometimes not entertained at all. Many people do not know how to control their minds in this manner; they simply let their minds control them with perceived mental sickness. So essentially, evidently, many people do not know how to live since they do not know how to think wholly, properly or respectively. It is for this reason that their brains overdevelop defense mechanisms to life—depressions and anxieties –that occur as fears which provide for the daily accosting of their lives. What is worse, besides the fact that activities (physical or mental) could quickly relieve these disorders, but are procrastinated to death is the fact that the lack of thought that adversely affects these bodies is frequently misdiagnosed as the aforementioned “diseases” thusly treated wrongly as consequence that leads to no effect or gain (save for one that subtracts personality from people, see the undead).
Many times Social Anxiety Disorder and Depression can be linked directly to a reality disorder, but could be easily fixed if a simple growth of the mind would be incurred with the resulting change of lifestyle. It is true that I make it sound like a mild concept, but the power of reality is serious in every respect and the false reality of people is terribly lamentable. The more that you realize that you happen to be in a sad, depressed, angry or often irrational state of mind is the more that you can use your mental power to attack and fend-off all unwanted imagination. Many philosophers base the product of their entire life on one philosophy, ‘I think, therefore, I am.’ Well, if you don’t think that you are anything, your thoughts will afflict you with almost everything.
Disregarding the pathetic hypochondria that weak minds or weak realities provide for— and I mean that with all intents of the word ‘malice’ save for the accompanied hate – the positive power that reality provides for is equally as amazing as the negative one that so often results. If you focused that previously unused brain power into something (anything) then it won’t deteriorate and make you believe that you are diseased and weak—because you are not. You see, because the sky is green and we’re all just color blind, I don’t have anxiety or depression unless I decide to replace the rainbow that shines on me everyday with a gloomy cloud that I perceive (and control). Sounds complicated right? Think of your ability to control and change your reality as insurance to your freedom in life; think of your ability to daydream as a defense mechanism against pain, boredom, want and vice but also as your path to positivity-inducing thought-betterment and success.
Being satisfied with hard-work done is a false state of mind—there is always more work to be done.
Being satisfied with learning is a bad state of mind—there is always more that you could learn.
When you see yourself falling into various different realities, catch yourself and redirect yourself into a better reality that will better-suit your life’s goals. Procrastination can be transformed into action and soon enough, lack-of-action will make you tired because your body will catch on to your new way of living.
Much of what I just talked about is covered in my bi-monthly column, Jpinions. In Jpinions I do more than just overview the concept; I help you grasp an understanding of it so you can apply it to your life with relative ease. It's not as easy of a read as JpinDaily, but is definitely very insightful for those who read it with deliberateness. I’ll make my quick escape with a small quote that I’ll perfect in my lifetime.
"When times are tough, work is needed; when times are not tough, work is still needed, although it won’t seem as hard. When work is needed and times are bleak, you should do it with a smile while you imagine a false reality. If you can do that without procrastination or haste, soon enough you’ll be surprised to perceive that you’ve arrived at a successful place—a destination that is only acceptable because you’ve allowed your reality to say it is."
~Thoughts by
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