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Originally posted by SteveR
Conversely, how can a dimension (whether dream state, matrix-esque or whatever ) be more 'real' than the space me and you occupy right now?
[edit on 2008/9/14 by SteveR]
Originally posted by mr-lizard
The world is a series of interpretations.
The world is most certainly NOT an illusion, those who believe that are living in either ignorance, or bathing in a lot of new age propoganda.
Illusion = An erroneous perception of reality.
So if we have no reality to base our comparisons between what is real and the 'altered reality or illusion', then that's like saying a balloon isn't a balloon, it's a trapped pocket of oxygen, gravity and invisible matter.
Of course it's a balloon!
The world is very real my friend, it's just that some of us see it in very different ways.
The world, including us, is also 99.9% empty space...
The world, including us, is also 99.9% empty space...
Originally posted by Harman
It would be different if it was a illusion where you are the only real person around but that is not the case at the moment. (i think)
Uh.. Our human eyes perceive the world as being solid, except for air ofcourse which we do see as empty. I'm talking at a fundamental level here.
Originally posted by AdAstra
Empty...?
Surely you mean your human eyes perceive it as empty?
There is no "emptiness" in space.