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I think you have it a bit backwards. You perceive reality through your consciousness. So if your consciousness were to interject a filter of its own choosing, y
by mfoy_ 8y ago
I think you have it a bit backwards. You perceive reality through your consciousness. So if your consciousness were to interject a filter of its own choosing, your subjective reality would be affected. However, this has no bearing on objective reality. You can't will bad things to not happen, but you can choose to perceive them as less bad.
It's like writing a SQL query "SELECT name, MIN(51, objectiveScore) as subjectiveScore FROM TestResults" and then say "hey look, no one failed!". The data in the table is still going to have any sub-50 scores it originally did, you've just turned a blind eye to them.
- davebryand 8y agoMaybe, or maybe we exist within a realm that is more like a video game, where each frame is generated based on the prior state of the game plus the inputs (Thought) from every character in the game? This is what people mean when they say "thoughts are things" or talk about "conscious creation". Ultimately the topic of Awareness or Consciousness transcends rationality, so the only way to know what the hell I'm talking about is to try and walk the Path yourself. :)