Back to Basics

In today's blog I want to return to the subject of, "what is reality?" from another angle. In my philosophical thinking, what is most basic is, "what is real."

In the past philosophical world, "what is real" was deduced by determining "first principles." Descartes, considered the father of modern philosophy, used a system of doubting everything he could possibly doubt, until what remained he considered as "purely indubitable truths." "His most famous proposition is I think, therefore I am, or Cogito ergo sum." (Wikipedia)

Many years ago, when I first developed my Systems Theory in trying to understand human behavior, I rephrased this to, "I am, therefore I think." In doing so I, thereby, disputed Logic's most basic truth.

The problem with the proposition, "I think, therefore I am," is the assumption/Belief that thinking is primary to existence. (A basic, current, Scientific Belief is that humans are only physical, and that thinking is a function of the brain. That humans, and all other aspects of reality, are only physical being the basic underlying Belief.)

Current evidence indicates, however, that experiencing/awareness is a function of the whole human system, physical and non-physical.

Unfortunately, an individual human's ability to determine, "what is real" is corrupted from its inception. The reason for this is that thinking, in the vast majority of people, is done with an individual's beliefs, and one's beliefs are conditioned and programmed into us from the beginning of life, subliminally and overtly. What we bring into life, and our trust in our ability to learn from personal experience, is overridden.

What experiential learning ability we retain, by the time we reach school age, is deadened in most individuals by the educational system. As a result, the more education/Indoctrination we acquire, the greater likelihood that any experiences we have, which are the remnants or our innate awareness', are consigned to be the products of our, "imagination," and "coincidence."

This is because a major part of Education, (Conditioning/Programming) teaches that we are only physical beings. To repeat, a major, basic Belief underlying all education is that we are nothing but physical beings, evolved from an animal; animals also are nothing but physical beings.

Whereas, the Western/European religions teach that we have a soul, (a non-physical self) the Programming/Indoctrination built into each of these systems is as great, if not greater, than that which comes with the Religion of Science. To make sure that we never question their teachings, we are taught that we will suffer/be punished in the afterlife, if we do not conform to whatever teachings they maintain are the only real Truth about what is required, or is forbidden to us, as humans; "Thou shalt not," being a major aspect of religions.

So, "What is real?" What is,"real" is Occult, (hidden) Knowledge!

While "Reality" is what exists outside of thinking; due to the universal Programming and Indoctrination each individual receives from pre-birth onward, once most of us begin to "think," we begin projecting those Beliefs/Programming onto reality--what is. Just as, when a tree falls in a forest, it makes a sound, regardless of a human's presence, reality now exists primarily outside the awareness of humans.

By making an effort to learn what you Believe, and how you came to believe it, and allowing alternative information in, as well as paying attention to awareness' and experiences, without judging or projecting your Beliefs onto them, you will, hopefully, begin to become more aware of true reality.

With that, I end today's blog.

Shirley Gallup