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Originally Posted by anotherthinker  Well if reality were subjective to me... |
You sure your reality is not subjective? Here you are, declaring that this thread is occurring in your reality as "combative", and yet here's Marco Polo saying it occurs for him like good fun and games. I'm not sensing any combativeness, either -- just discussion. So don't you think your response is what is creating the reality of your combat? Or do you think this thread is objectively combative?
Likewise, Marco Polo, (now, you're exaggerating -- I don't tell you you're being subjective
every time you speak
), I'm not skirting any argument by pointing out when you are experiencing your life in a subjective way but thinking it's objective reality. There
is no argument, actually -- I've just pointed out my differing views, asked you some questions, and objected to some of your mischaracterizations of what I've said. I don't think you are "wrong" and I don't feel a need to convince you to believe as I do.
And that's a good illustration of the illusionary nature of language as "proof" that reality is objective -- that we don't create our reality. Language is a one of the most powerful tools we use
to create our reality -- we speak things into being!
(for instance, your man-on-the-moon remark. JFK declared early in the 60's that we would put a man on the moon before the end of the decade, and his personal power was at least as instrumental at making that happen in 1969 as all the rocket science.) (as I see it.) (
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