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reply to post by italkyoulisten
If x exists then x is real
Originally posted by italkyoulisten
Even if we are holograms, that doesn't mean we aren't real.
If x exists then x is real
Holograms exist.
Holograms exist, therefore holograms are real.
Even if you hold holograms to be nonexistent, there must be some facet of reality that the holograms are based upon.
Originally posted by mysticnoon
reply to post by italkyoulisten
If x exists then x is real
If you switch off the hologram projector, the hologram ceases to exist. The hologram has a finite existence which is dependent on the holograph operator.
Would you say that the hologram is as real as that of which it is a projection? Is the shadow as real as that which casts the shadow? They both exist, but which can be said to be real?
you know, I've wondered this, about our observations creating the world around us. But then, what about blind people? Does the world create itself around their touch, or has someone projected the world for them?
Actually Mizzijr, the best clues about the non-existent character of this existence is not exactly dreams, but rather these "dream within dream" experiences, which are for real. When you wake up within a dream, you get this impression of being back to a "more real" reality, that then proves to be another illusion. It gets to the notion that we actually DO live these other planes of existence, and some of our dreams are actually our temporary awareness of these. I'm referring to these very immersive dreams where the dream world seems to be almost as real as here.
The other phenomenon is déjà-vu, which feel like two planes of reality being superposed one on the other, and that could be an indication that other dimensions are being generated, or perhaps they "reach" together, for a very short time. There are of course other theories to explain this phenomenon, but this one is to consider seriously.
Does anyone know anything about 13 angels?
Originally posted by apodictic
reply to post by lestweforget
So your definition of real is something that you can feel? I think you should put the beer down because you're coming off stupid enough without it.
Originally posted by seizeX
reply to post by Mizzijr
Hello everyone - my first post on ATS. I have lounged around for years but never participated in any discussion; I figured it was about time to break my record of silence.
Forgive me if this was mentioned in this thread already. If it was I simply missed it. In response to "dreams," and why we can see without light... What about imagination? For instance, if I meditate and "visualize" myself in a particular place - even a made up place - I can see it in my mind and I am completely conscious. Wouldn't the same hold true with dreams? A mixture of imagination with previously seen images (as one poster already mentioned). That's just my two cents, what do you think?
Cheersedit on 26-1-2011 by seizeX because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Skywatcher2011
I once heard the power speaker "James Arthur Ray" once say:
We are not physical beings living a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings living a physical experience