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It’s all in the mind

1 comment February 4th, 2006

I was talking with my friend Garry last night, and conversation turned to the perception of reality. The question was asked, is there one true reality?

I suggested that there isn’t, and even if there was, there would be absolutely no way to determine what that ‘one true reality’ was.

What is reality?

Reality is what you perceive it to be, isn’t it? Reality is defined by your perceptions. What you see, feel, hear, touch, taste and think all make up what your reality is to you.

Since every single person on this planet perceives things differently to everyone else, we can’t really say for sure that there is one true reality. There are as many realities as there are people to perceive it, with each person perceiving that reality differently.

Pay It Forward

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Have you ever seen the movie Pay It Forward? Go watch it, it’s very good.

The premise behind ‘paying it forward’ is that if someone does something nice for you, don’t repay them. Instead, repay their favour by doing a favour to someone else. Instead of paying them back, you’re paying them forward. And tell the person that you’ve paid forward to not pay you back, but also to pay forward.