For many years, one of philosophy 's fundamental debates has swirled around the idea of people having spiritual experiences. A first encounter with such claims have been around for centuries among animists which believe the spirit they experience in their peyote ritual is real. Some great thinkers, however, hold a different view on the matter stating that the god’s experience is just in one’s head, therefore not real. Nevertheless, there are several ways to support the view that what the Huichols experience in their head is real. I shall argue by first analyzing what it means for something to be real, then differ between the two types of realities I believe exist: the physical reality and the non-physical reality. Lastly, I shall analyze individual non-physical realities, and how they affect how people live realities as a community.
David Bohm, a theoretical physicist stated once: “Reality is what we take to be true. What we take to be true is based on our perception and the latter determine our beliefs” (qtd. in Parrish 42). As human being we never perceive the world as others perceive it. Each one of us have our own …show more content…
I mentioned how we assign meaning to what we perceive in our head, and therefore they become our reality. This is the non-physical reality, but it is still real because we live and experience it, and more importantly our brain can’t distinguish it from the physical reality. How do we make difference between what’s physical and non-physical? If we take for example a five-dollar bill, some will argue that it is different from what one’s experience is with the peyote. But, is it? The value we ascribe to that piece of paper has become our reality, but it is just in one’s head (non-physical reality) it’s worth ten dollars. The physical reality is that it’s just a piece of paper. But it is real to us that it’s worth ten dollars. It’s just in our head, therefore
David Bohm, a theoretical physicist stated once: “Reality is what we take to be true. What we take to be true is based on our perception and the latter determine our beliefs” (qtd. in Parrish 42). As human being we never perceive the world as others perceive it. Each one of us have our own …show more content…
I mentioned how we assign meaning to what we perceive in our head, and therefore they become our reality. This is the non-physical reality, but it is still real because we live and experience it, and more importantly our brain can’t distinguish it from the physical reality. How do we make difference between what’s physical and non-physical? If we take for example a five-dollar bill, some will argue that it is different from what one’s experience is with the peyote. But, is it? The value we ascribe to that piece of paper has become our reality, but it is just in one’s head (non-physical reality) it’s worth ten dollars. The physical reality is that it’s just a piece of paper. But it is real to us that it’s worth ten dollars. It’s just in our head, therefore