dianna
5th June 2014, 21:48
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“All matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There is no such thing as death - life is only a dream - and we are the imagination of ourselves.” Bill Hicks
The current experience of “reality” accepted by most of humankind is the “physical reality” perceived by our five senses and provable by science, regulated by government and limited by societal conditioning and beliefs.
Breaking free of these conditioned limitations and beliefs allows us to evolve individually, expand our consciousness, experience our true creative power and transform our society. I propose a new and expanded concept of reality called “Experiential Reality."
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“Reality” in everyday usage means "the state of things as they actually exist.” However, the vast majority of what we experience as reality is imagined. Our physical “reality” is created by converting sensory data into an imagined physical experience. We firmly believe that our experience of life is real, physical and solid, yet there is widespread support among scientists, such as physicist Fred Alan Wolf, Ph.D. that “We have the illusion that our human bodies are solid, but they are over 99.99% empty space.”
The term “Experiential Reality” includes the totality of everything that we experience, whether it is physical -- observable, verifiable, comprehensible or provable by science -- or etheric. .
For example, a mirage is not “real,” but we see it as real. A dream is generally not considered real, yet we experience it as real while dreaming it. A hologram looks 3D, while it is actually flat. And a movie appears to be moving, yet it is actually a series of still photographs.
While science has contributed innumerable benefits to human life, in modern society there is often a tendency to disregard as false or non-existent anything that cannot be scientifically proven. However, there are many things that science cannot prove. . .
Existential Truth - Science can’t prove that we actually exist or that our entire physical reality isn’t just consciousness imagining itself.
Moral Truth - Science can’t prove the morality of any action such as giving a donation to charity is good or that murder is evil.
Logical Truth – Science can’t prove “truth” because it relies upon the systems, tools and logic of humans and upon the assumption that our logic is the truth.
Experiential Truth - Science can’t prove that anyone loves another. There is no scientific test that can prove a subjective experience of nuanced emotion.
There are many aspects of life we experience that are far beyond our knowledge and the evidentiary methods of science. For example, most of us have experienced love, yet science can’t prove love exists.
“We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.” Carl Sagan
In the Buddhist view, the shared world of perceived and imagined realms are both considered illusions created by thought, whereas, the non-dual, never changing, silence and stillness is the only non-illusory state of being. If “silence and stillness” is a “state of being,” then when it is referred to as such, we use our imagination to create a conceptual state of being that is silent and still.
Some schools of thought in Buddhism (e.g., Dzogchen), consider “perceived reality” as literally unreal. As a prominent contemporary teacher, Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, puts it: "In a real sense, all the visions that we see in our lifetime are like a big dream.”
From the work of Piaget, perceptions depend on the worldview of a person. The worldview is the result of arranging perceptions into context by imagination. It has also been proposed that the whole of human cognition is based upon imagination. That is, anything we cognitively perceive is a synthesis of sensory perception and imagination. In other words, nothing in our awareness exists without imagination.
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“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.” (Albert Einstein)
By continually challenging the status quo and using his imagination, Einstein came to defy the intellectual standard set by the scientific and academic communities of his time. He often questioned existing realities and theories and, by doing so, was able to see beyond what was considered commonly accepted, and expanded the limits of human knowledge.
Einstein, who possessed great knowledge and imagination, said of the two, “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.”
http://www.quotesworthrepeating.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Slide112.jpg
Imagination is the window into the infinite universe. Free of the boundaries of linear space and time, and cause and effect, imagination provides us the power to create “realities” where anything is possible. Aside from the creation of non-physical “realities,” imagination is responsible for every invention, technology, design, piece of art or music and manufactured product, we have in our world - from a simple bowl to the printing press to Beethoven’s 5th to the space shuttle – they all came from imagination.
When we allow the imagination to become a real and powerful force in our life, we enter the realm of “Experiential Reality” where the perceptive veils of separation between the worlds of physical “reality” and imagination dissolve and potential of unlimited powers of manifestation and performance are unleashed.
http://www.marxmarx.com/grapgics/Lunatics%20Ball%20Poster%202005.JPG
We can actually alter our physical reality by using our imagination. For instance, when we have sexual fantasies and our bodies become aroused, we are actually experiencing the stimulation in our bodies even though we are not actually having sex. The somatic-mental-energetic feedback loop enhances the reality of the experience as our minds become more excited as our bodies become more aroused building the sexual energy and tension.
…..
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Using our imaginations to create Experiential Reality, we become co-creators of our experience with the universe. We transform ourselves from enslaved physical machines to creative Gods. When our imagination and physical reality become embodied as Experiential Reality, the divide between imagination and physical reality dissolves and we gain a very powerful tool for manifesting the life of our dreams. By expressing our embodied Experiential Reality through visualization, declaration and consistent action, our Experiential Reality transforms into our physical reality and our physical reality transforms in alignment with our Experiential Reality.
“All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination; Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth."
Because we are interconnected with each other, our planet, and the entire cosmos as divine creators of reality, what we experience has an incremental rippling effect throughout the perceived physical universe. The more we are able to master the awesome power of, and responsibility for, our Experiential Reality, the more rapidly we can use our divine creative abilities to transform our world.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sKNP7xXYRI8/Tag5bK2lczI/AAAAAAAABZY/Z3pr7B-ia40/s800/cutea-jester.jpg
In our imaginations, we have a direct access to the infinite creative potential of the universe allowing us to freely, easily and instantaneously create any experience we choose. One of the greatest gifts we can give ourselves and humanity is to fully embrace our imagination and create a new Experiential Reality for humankind.
http://realitysandwich.com/219829/experiential-reality/
“All matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There is no such thing as death - life is only a dream - and we are the imagination of ourselves.” Bill Hicks
The current experience of “reality” accepted by most of humankind is the “physical reality” perceived by our five senses and provable by science, regulated by government and limited by societal conditioning and beliefs.
Breaking free of these conditioned limitations and beliefs allows us to evolve individually, expand our consciousness, experience our true creative power and transform our society. I propose a new and expanded concept of reality called “Experiential Reality."
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3dVWcVjWqg0/UojRwLpmnTI/AAAAAAAAZQ0/ndhzZeVTjDs/s640/Slide20.jpg
“Reality” in everyday usage means "the state of things as they actually exist.” However, the vast majority of what we experience as reality is imagined. Our physical “reality” is created by converting sensory data into an imagined physical experience. We firmly believe that our experience of life is real, physical and solid, yet there is widespread support among scientists, such as physicist Fred Alan Wolf, Ph.D. that “We have the illusion that our human bodies are solid, but they are over 99.99% empty space.”
The term “Experiential Reality” includes the totality of everything that we experience, whether it is physical -- observable, verifiable, comprehensible or provable by science -- or etheric. .
For example, a mirage is not “real,” but we see it as real. A dream is generally not considered real, yet we experience it as real while dreaming it. A hologram looks 3D, while it is actually flat. And a movie appears to be moving, yet it is actually a series of still photographs.
While science has contributed innumerable benefits to human life, in modern society there is often a tendency to disregard as false or non-existent anything that cannot be scientifically proven. However, there are many things that science cannot prove. . .
Existential Truth - Science can’t prove that we actually exist or that our entire physical reality isn’t just consciousness imagining itself.
Moral Truth - Science can’t prove the morality of any action such as giving a donation to charity is good or that murder is evil.
Logical Truth – Science can’t prove “truth” because it relies upon the systems, tools and logic of humans and upon the assumption that our logic is the truth.
Experiential Truth - Science can’t prove that anyone loves another. There is no scientific test that can prove a subjective experience of nuanced emotion.
There are many aspects of life we experience that are far beyond our knowledge and the evidentiary methods of science. For example, most of us have experienced love, yet science can’t prove love exists.
“We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.” Carl Sagan
In the Buddhist view, the shared world of perceived and imagined realms are both considered illusions created by thought, whereas, the non-dual, never changing, silence and stillness is the only non-illusory state of being. If “silence and stillness” is a “state of being,” then when it is referred to as such, we use our imagination to create a conceptual state of being that is silent and still.
Some schools of thought in Buddhism (e.g., Dzogchen), consider “perceived reality” as literally unreal. As a prominent contemporary teacher, Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, puts it: "In a real sense, all the visions that we see in our lifetime are like a big dream.”
From the work of Piaget, perceptions depend on the worldview of a person. The worldview is the result of arranging perceptions into context by imagination. It has also been proposed that the whole of human cognition is based upon imagination. That is, anything we cognitively perceive is a synthesis of sensory perception and imagination. In other words, nothing in our awareness exists without imagination.
http://world.std.com/~shw/WebSizeFrontCover/27623.JPG
“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.” (Albert Einstein)
By continually challenging the status quo and using his imagination, Einstein came to defy the intellectual standard set by the scientific and academic communities of his time. He often questioned existing realities and theories and, by doing so, was able to see beyond what was considered commonly accepted, and expanded the limits of human knowledge.
Einstein, who possessed great knowledge and imagination, said of the two, “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.”
http://www.quotesworthrepeating.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Slide112.jpg
Imagination is the window into the infinite universe. Free of the boundaries of linear space and time, and cause and effect, imagination provides us the power to create “realities” where anything is possible. Aside from the creation of non-physical “realities,” imagination is responsible for every invention, technology, design, piece of art or music and manufactured product, we have in our world - from a simple bowl to the printing press to Beethoven’s 5th to the space shuttle – they all came from imagination.
When we allow the imagination to become a real and powerful force in our life, we enter the realm of “Experiential Reality” where the perceptive veils of separation between the worlds of physical “reality” and imagination dissolve and potential of unlimited powers of manifestation and performance are unleashed.
http://www.marxmarx.com/grapgics/Lunatics%20Ball%20Poster%202005.JPG
We can actually alter our physical reality by using our imagination. For instance, when we have sexual fantasies and our bodies become aroused, we are actually experiencing the stimulation in our bodies even though we are not actually having sex. The somatic-mental-energetic feedback loop enhances the reality of the experience as our minds become more excited as our bodies become more aroused building the sexual energy and tension.
…..
http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/wiredscience/2014/01/Reality-blur-1-small.png
Using our imaginations to create Experiential Reality, we become co-creators of our experience with the universe. We transform ourselves from enslaved physical machines to creative Gods. When our imagination and physical reality become embodied as Experiential Reality, the divide between imagination and physical reality dissolves and we gain a very powerful tool for manifesting the life of our dreams. By expressing our embodied Experiential Reality through visualization, declaration and consistent action, our Experiential Reality transforms into our physical reality and our physical reality transforms in alignment with our Experiential Reality.
“All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination; Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth."
Because we are interconnected with each other, our planet, and the entire cosmos as divine creators of reality, what we experience has an incremental rippling effect throughout the perceived physical universe. The more we are able to master the awesome power of, and responsibility for, our Experiential Reality, the more rapidly we can use our divine creative abilities to transform our world.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sKNP7xXYRI8/Tag5bK2lczI/AAAAAAAABZY/Z3pr7B-ia40/s800/cutea-jester.jpg
In our imaginations, we have a direct access to the infinite creative potential of the universe allowing us to freely, easily and instantaneously create any experience we choose. One of the greatest gifts we can give ourselves and humanity is to fully embrace our imagination and create a new Experiential Reality for humankind.
http://realitysandwich.com/219829/experiential-reality/