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Originally Posted by Freefall  Hello All/Steve/Consciousness
Here are some of the problems my mind keeps getting stuck on:
1. If subjective reality is the true nature of reality, then why are we viewing an objective reality? Where did this view come from? From my understanding of subjective reality, there are no external influences. so while you can attribute objective reality to factors like social conditioning, the media, etc... these are manifestations, created from intentions, but why would these intentions exist? I guess what I'm really asking is where do the bad intentions come from that require the subjective view to transcend? |
Some people believe in a version of SR where everyone is a reflection of themselves and they are the only point of observation in the universe. I don't exactly agree with that view (at least the part about there being only one point of observation sitting here on Earth). The way I see the world is that consciousness is the only thing that is real. All separation is ultimately an illusion.
All subjective reality really means in my opinion is that the observer and the observed are ultimately the same. Objective reality is the result of consensus perception. Imagine you are god. You dream up a reality and place yourself as an observer inside. You say, "Hmmmm...this perspective is interesting. I'll think i'll make another..." So you make another self or "eye" for your consciousness. Then you make another, and another, and another... Each one of these "eyes" is seeing the subjective reality from a slightly different perspective, and it is this difference/similarity in perspective between these subjective realities which gives rise to this thing called objectivity.
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Originally Posted by Freefall 2. How can you teach someone else to view reality subjectively if you believe in a subjective reality? It seems if you want to teach others to view subjectively, you are accepting that they have a consciousness, which directly interferes with the idea of your own subjective reality. |
From the position of "solipsistic SR" (where you are the only point of observation), the teaching of someone else is purely for your own benefit and no one else. So the desire to teach would be there simply to gratify your personal ego's desire to teach.