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Lloyd Hargrove

How real is real?

  • Each of us exists at the center of our own universe, at the center of our perceptions. Those perceptions which most of us happen to share in common we term "reality", but the corollary says reality as perceived is quite a subjective matter. Does that mean "truth"
    is also subjective?

    Each person's experience of mysticism and the Divine is also unique, and yet there exists some widely recognized experience commonalities throughout time and across the scope of humanity. Are such commonalities tied to our genetic bonds which touch in various places, increasingly so towards the most primitive?

    Does not our mind fabricate reality to the best of its ability, often adding to or leaving out that which sensory perceptions and prior experiences are (for one reason or another) incapable of fully resolving? But an answer to the ultimate question remains clouded behind a veil... is this just "me" or to what degree if any do outside agents of influence seek to guide any continuing personal development?


    Jung expressed our need for fantasy, but does calling it that not also provide something akin to an approved pressure relief safety valve, an anchor back to sanity? It's all in your imagination, right?   That said, be sure to tell your own Angels and Demons hello from me. ;)

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