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Originally Posted by Max Power  SR is very empowering because you never have to be concerned with anything that is outside awareness, for it doesn't exist. |
Sounds very nice and esoteric, but in reality it's simply not true.
It's like the old saw, "if a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it..." etc. etc.
Well, whether we're there or not, the tree falls, it makes a sound, it kicks up some dust and leaves go flying everywhere.
Now, how you perceive that event is dependent upon your own circumstances. A logger may say, "Great! One less tree I have to cut down!" Someone whose car just got smushed by the fallen timber might say, "Oh crap, a tree just smushed my car." A person who owns the land where the tree is might say, "Excellent. That tree was dying anyway and now I don't have to pay to have it removed" or they might say, "Too bad. I liked that old tree."
The reality is, however, that the tree fell. Full stop. Inside or outside of our awareness isn't relevant.