Anyone else think about Perception vs Reality often?

Yea my whole life.

When I was a kid I used to think that I was the only "human" surrounded by AI and I was in a test world where the higher ups were just watching me. On top of that I sometimes used to think what if the world loads up like a video game. You know how you look into the horizon and stuff just starts showing up because it wasnt loaded yet. Or when you hear something weird or off, I used to say "heh, they used the wrong audio file"

Another one was where I thought everything around me was made up of my imgaination. Like whatever is in this world is what my brain has made, even if ive never seen it before. Kind of like the other one, where im the only subject but in my own world. Kind of ****** up that I gave myself a mediocre life with things ill never reach like a billion dollars and 10/10 models. And the fact that I came up with ****** up **** like cancer, earlobes and ****** up people got me thinking...maybe not lol.

One of the sayings a friend told me in high school was "you see the colour red, and you know what it is. But to another person, that colour red could be another colour, but at the end of the day, both brains define it as "red" so it all points to the same "red". This blew my mind.

As I got older I realized the perception of life was that there was meaning to it. I dont believe this anymore. There is no meaning to live. I didnt ask to be here. You basically are born, and eat to live then die. The conscience that evolution let you have is there, and you are able to experience feelings, "love", fun, beauty, excitement etc (much more complex with all the things your body come with). Thats cool and all, but doesnt mean its there for a reason. There are no rules in the world. But society as a whole has its own "human" perceptions. Like life with marriage, life with violence, life with sexual frustration and other billions of social norms. If you think deep down, its crazy. We are meant for nothing. It has become so complex that we dont even notice that we made it into something that doesnt really exist because might as well since were here. "Live a fun life" only exists because of our conscience let us to until now. I doubt im making sense to some of yall but im sure other brains have gone deeper and could explain a little better.
 
Why do they give us vehicles that can drive up to 200mph and the states max 65-75?

I got 5 kids though. That's reality and perception at its finest :smokin
 
Whales

Perception
Huge dumb fish who get washed up on shore so we gotta push em back in.

Reality.
The largest mammals to ever exist on this planet for 50 million years that are trying to evolve but we keep pushing em back in.


They are terrifying.

thats a good one actually
 
Why do they give us vehicles that can drive up to 200mph and the states max 65-75?

I got 5 kids though. That's reality and perception at its finest
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right lol someone please explain this
 
I'm not sure what you mean by perception vs reality. In Buddhism, they talk about how the world and everything simply exists and how we give objects meaning based on its relation to us. Things like cancer, hurricanes, and viruses aren't really bad and things like sunshine and money aren't really good. They just simply exist. That's what they mean when they say reality is an illusion. It isn't that the reality we are  in doesn't exist but that the way we perceive it is totally different from it's true nature. I'm not Buddhist so I apologize to any Buddhist Nters if I got the philosophy of your  religion wrong.  
 
I don't get it

I'll try one and hopefully y'all can make me understand the realization

Perception: girls who take too many selfies want people to think that they sometimes look different than what they do in person, give people who don't see them often the impression that they only see the lesser
 
I wouldn't say never in your life drive over 100 maybe never get pass the governor limit on your car.
 
i guess maybe i just dont get the purpose of life, o well, ill just try to enjoy it

lately i just feel like what is the purpose of anything?

no im not suicidal an no im no depressed either

this might sound a lil crazy but i feel like when i had more struggle i cared more about life, so yea money doesnt mean happiness an im not rich i just dont have any worries..........guess my only concern is just get more money but then when you get more money then what? i get the rolex ok cool but then what? i dont really care about stuff like other ppl.............gym and food an im pretty content..

i need more purpose in life right now. yea im talking to myself on niketalk at 330am est
The reason you were happier when you were younger is because you still had hope that you would achieve a certain level of success. As you got older and realize you didn't make it, you start trying to rationalize that you are satisfied and tell yourself that those were just dreams. I don't buy the "things don't matter" one bit. You'd love more, but your reality is that you don't have it. I hear older people say things are impossible, or "maybe if I won the lottery" far too often. It's like they let their current reality define them.

You can always change your reality.
 
 I do believe that there is no absolute way to prove that what we're experiencing right now is truly reality.
I feel thinking like this is fun but utterly useless/pointless. How will knowing this benefit me in any way??

I think about perspective constantly but don't compare it with reality.

i try use to use perspective on people, their upbringing & how they came to their views.

Comes in handy when talking/diffusing situations.

also helps me control my ego. My problems arent really that big, I just blow em up cause theyre mine.
 
 
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I do believe that there is no absolute way to prove that what we're experiencing right now is truly reality.
I feel thinking like this is fun but utterly useless/pointless. How will knowing this benefit me in any way??




I think about perspective constantly but don't compare it with reality.

i try use to use perspective on people, their upbringing & how they came to their views.

Comes in handy when talking/diffusing situations.

also helps me control my ego. My problems arent really that big, I just blow em up cause theyre mine.

How would you define perspective?
You're post makes me think you have the meaning mixed up? Not coming at you
 
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