SUMMARY
This book is the
first of a series that considers the many aspects of reality. I call it ‘It all starts from within’ because
reality starts with each of us individually and independently. It starts from
our inner self before evolving into what I would call the collective reality,
meaning a generally agreed upon state in which groups of people, entire
nations, or the whole world believe. That reality includes beliefs, cultures,
ideologies, etc. As we change and adapt to our environment, our reality changes
as well. New realities emerge… Chapter one is about perception and our senses.
It demonstrates how perception is impossible without our senses. Whatever angle
of reality that’s being analyzed, one or more of our senses plays a momentous
role in its understanding… Chapter two considers the role of the brain in the
making of reality. It delves into how the brain can make the mind behave a
certain way under certain circumstances… Chapter three looks at the mind, which
I call the ultimate maker of reality. This chapter describes the mind as that
intangible component of the brain and where reality or all realities stem from
after, of course, being picked up by the senses and the brain… Chapter four
attempts to define reality itself after it’s perceived by our senses, analyzed
by our brain, and processed by our mind…I consider five questions in my attempt
to answer the question: what is reality? They are: what are things and why do
they look different from one another? What is life and its origins? What is
death? What is superstition? What is space and are we alone in the universe?
ABSTRACT
If this year was the year
202018, meaning 200,000 years from now and I was writing about reality, where
would I begin? What would be the basis that I would use for my arguments? Would
I still be able to talk about philosophy, psychology, art, mathematics, chemistry,
physics and quantum mechanics? Would I be able to talk about the brain and the
mind the same way I do today? Would I be able to speculate about life and
death? Would these topics still be relevant in the grand scheme of things?
200,000 years from now, would it still be necessary to speculate about reality
anyway? Although the answers to such questions can be either ‘may be’ or ‘may
be not’, one thing is certain: 200,000 years from now, humans, if we’re still
around, will be different, so different that the disparity will be similar to
an insect’s egg and the final stage of its metamorphosis: an imago, the larva
and pupa stages being in between. Well, in terms of reality, when the first
Homo Sapiens emerged 200,000 years ago, he had no idea what reality would be
like today in 2018. His reality was limited to trying to survive in a harsh
environment. He had to first learn how to make fire, gather, then grown his own
food and hunt just to survive. Say our species is still around 200,000 years
from now, what we are capable of in 2018, compared to what we will be capable
of then is comparable to the first humans’ reality 200,000 years ago. The fact
is, humans’ reality is not constant. It’s variable, fluid… This series looks at
reality in different angles. It goes back and forth in time to explain the
versatility of reality. Through the topics that I will discuss, I will attempt
to explain why Man is still puzzled by reality after 200,000 years of
existence. Download the book >>>
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