cybereaper
28th September 2006, 02:42 PM
It has been portrayed in books and movies that the existence we are in is not real. Whether it's the matrix or the thirteenth floor and a computer system, existenz and a complex model of the psyche and a computer system, the cube, etc. - each one asks the question, how do we define the borders of reality?
Perhaps it is that in a world where people so often see 'ghosts', that what they are really seeing is a parallel universe? Perhaps it is the real world that is bleeding through to this one? Then, the question presents itself - are we in this together, or is it one person and we are merely the thoughts within that person's self-created world?
It is interesting that we live in a world with no past, nor history, an untraceable ancestrage filled with unexplainable mysteries dating back to the beginning of time. It seems odd that we have made the phenomenal technological advances that we have in the timeframe given to us. After all, an atomic particle accelerator built in the 60's, when Star Trek was just hitting television and we were excited to see 'aliens' as nothing more than people with their skin painted green seems a bit odd. Given that - many things in this life just happen to "feel," made up.
As a side effects of my neurological disorder, I have hypnogogic hallucinations. It is the equivalent of dreaming with all five senses being active and simultaneously being consciously aware of myself and my surroundings - just with the dream taking place at the same time. A lot to be said about that - but for another time - for here, it's been my experience to witness things that could be considered 'ghost like,' or perhaps 'preminatory', when I am consciously aware none of it is 'real' - based solely on my perception of reality. Who's to say that the voices, audio or visual stimuli I have bore witness to is not more than just a hallucination, but because I interact with it (as others with my particular disorder do as well), that it's more than that. Because of my loss in one area in life, perhaps my brain has compensated in another (like the blind have incredible hearing). And, now, I hear and/or see the borders of reality being askewed, and what sits on the other side.
I think many of us have looked in the mirror and felt like our bodies are a suit for what really lies within. Many of us have found ourselves watching events on the news that are so obviously not what the reporters are telling us, that we KNOW they're lying, but others seem oblivious to it (reminds me of a bad flashback from 'V' for vendetta.. hahaha). But still, truly - we see that odd things are happening that shouldn't be, perhaps others like me see, hear, feel and interact with things that logically we know aren't there - but logically, we know that they shouldn't be able to interact with us!!!
I think, in the end then- this idea gives way to an even more disconcerting question - is it a dream, or is it the result of a machine and we are at its mercy? Thanks to Hollywood for the unecessary second half, even if the old phrase "Life is but a dream," has existed for quite some time!!
Perhaps it is that in a world where people so often see 'ghosts', that what they are really seeing is a parallel universe? Perhaps it is the real world that is bleeding through to this one? Then, the question presents itself - are we in this together, or is it one person and we are merely the thoughts within that person's self-created world?
It is interesting that we live in a world with no past, nor history, an untraceable ancestrage filled with unexplainable mysteries dating back to the beginning of time. It seems odd that we have made the phenomenal technological advances that we have in the timeframe given to us. After all, an atomic particle accelerator built in the 60's, when Star Trek was just hitting television and we were excited to see 'aliens' as nothing more than people with their skin painted green seems a bit odd. Given that - many things in this life just happen to "feel," made up.
As a side effects of my neurological disorder, I have hypnogogic hallucinations. It is the equivalent of dreaming with all five senses being active and simultaneously being consciously aware of myself and my surroundings - just with the dream taking place at the same time. A lot to be said about that - but for another time - for here, it's been my experience to witness things that could be considered 'ghost like,' or perhaps 'preminatory', when I am consciously aware none of it is 'real' - based solely on my perception of reality. Who's to say that the voices, audio or visual stimuli I have bore witness to is not more than just a hallucination, but because I interact with it (as others with my particular disorder do as well), that it's more than that. Because of my loss in one area in life, perhaps my brain has compensated in another (like the blind have incredible hearing). And, now, I hear and/or see the borders of reality being askewed, and what sits on the other side.
I think many of us have looked in the mirror and felt like our bodies are a suit for what really lies within. Many of us have found ourselves watching events on the news that are so obviously not what the reporters are telling us, that we KNOW they're lying, but others seem oblivious to it (reminds me of a bad flashback from 'V' for vendetta.. hahaha). But still, truly - we see that odd things are happening that shouldn't be, perhaps others like me see, hear, feel and interact with things that logically we know aren't there - but logically, we know that they shouldn't be able to interact with us!!!
I think, in the end then- this idea gives way to an even more disconcerting question - is it a dream, or is it the result of a machine and we are at its mercy? Thanks to Hollywood for the unecessary second half, even if the old phrase "Life is but a dream," has existed for quite some time!!