On a first glance of eye, it is us against the universe. Us and “it” as separate entities. Therefore, we are raised in a comfort of community since being by oneself is too scary, too lonely. We feel we have to work towards achieving things and towards proving to the universe how much power we are able to exercise over the nature and how much force we have to go against in order to achieve goals we are expected to achieve. Such exercise of proving power and resisting force has been so mistakenly injected into our minds that the whole human existence revolves around this goal and turns life into a battlefield. What wonders me even more is the tendency towards separating everything into two. The curse of dualism which doesn't just apply to our
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You might be in a tunnel called “Christianity” and therefore holding particular belief associated with this religion, and therefore seeing and understanding the world around you in this particular manner. You might be in a tunnel called “Science” and thus believing in whatever science has to offer and in turn, seeing and understanding the world in a particular manner. Robert Anton Wilson proposed an “experiment” that can help you to understand how reality tunnel works. If you are Christian, try becoming Muslim for a month and notice how your understanding of the world changes. If you are following the ideology of the political right wing, try to become an anarchist for a month. If you are firm believer in science, try becoming a pagan for a month. And so on and on. This might lead us to an idea that the true reality doesn't exist but rather appears to us in a way shaped by our reality tunnel. However, the ability to understand that there are as many different perspectives on reality around us as there are ideologies and belief systems, is just another reality tunnel. Not believing in anything would be a form of nihilism and I am not sure how beneficial such perspective would be to our growth and development. Regardless, it is quite sure that being stuck in one reality tunnel for too long limits our understanding of ourselves and the world because it causes us to lock ourselves against any other beliefs and knowledge that could potentially enhance our
You might be in a tunnel called “Christianity” and therefore holding particular belief associated with this religion, and therefore seeing and understanding the world around you in this particular manner. You might be in a tunnel called “Science” and thus believing in whatever science has to offer and in turn, seeing and understanding the world in a particular manner. Robert Anton Wilson proposed an “experiment” that can help you to understand how reality tunnel works. If you are Christian, try becoming Muslim for a month and notice how your understanding of the world changes. If you are following the ideology of the political right wing, try to become an anarchist for a month. If you are firm believer in science, try becoming a pagan for a month. And so on and on. This might lead us to an idea that the true reality doesn't exist but rather appears to us in a way shaped by our reality tunnel. However, the ability to understand that there are as many different perspectives on reality around us as there are ideologies and belief systems, is just another reality tunnel. Not believing in anything would be a form of nihilism and I am not sure how beneficial such perspective would be to our growth and development. Regardless, it is quite sure that being stuck in one reality tunnel for too long limits our understanding of ourselves and the world because it causes us to lock ourselves against any other beliefs and knowledge that could potentially enhance our