About Steve's subjective reality Q&A

[mejamie]

Subjective Reality Q&A

I thought it was excellent but I have some questions:

1- What is the difference between subjective reality and solipsism?

2- Are there other egos besides my own or is everyone a product of my imagination?

3- Steve says that our beliefs and thoughts create reality. But don't thoughts and beliefs come from my brain? Isn't my brain in my body? If my body doesn't really exist, then how can thoughts be creative since they don't really exist?

[Savage]

Originally Posted by mejamie

1- What is the difference between subjective reality and solipsism?

Subjective Reality vs. Solipsism

2- Are there other egos besides my own or is everyone a product of my imagination?

You can create as many as you like, but ultimately they're all projection's just like in a dream.

3- Steve says that our beliefs and thoughts create reality. But don't thoughts and beliefs come from my brain? Isn't my brain in my body? If my body doesn't really exist, then how can thoughts be creative since they don't really exist?

How would you interpret this if you were having a dream right now?

In your dream you can go to a dream hospital and watch brain surgery being performed by dream doctors on a dream patient. Then you can adopt the belief that you have a squishy wet dream brain in your dream body too. But are you really thinking with your dream avatar's dream brain?

Of course not. Your brain and body are just projections within the dream world too. You can concoct whatever "story" you wish to explain thought. Conjure up neurons and neurotransmitters and dream scientists on dream TV. But it's all a projection.

In a dream world, if you can perceive it as "physically" real, it's a projection.

For any questions you may have about subjective reality, simply ask yourself, "How would I answer this if I knew I was dreaming right now, and that everything I'm perceiving is part of the dream world?"