It is merely our perception and inference, along with
preconceived PERSPECTIVE that presents a distorted interpretation.
I am reminded of what Sherlock Holmes declares, “From a
drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a
Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other. So, all life is a
great chain, the nature of which is known whenever we are shown a link of it.”
"Man exists, turns up, appears on
the scene, and, only afterwards, defines himself"-Sartre
Ayn Rand seems to view it when she says
"We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading
reality."
Even as facts Reality has immense value
as John Adams says, “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be
our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter
the state of facts and evidence.”
Leave alone debates about truth or
reality or fact do we actually and authentically experience anything at
all? [from the etymology of the word ‘authentic’ meaning ‘author’-as
we are not authors of even our experiences] .
As Oscar Wilde says, “Most people
are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a
mimicry, their passions a quotation”.
One of the great modern spiritual
philosopher Neale Donald Walsch says, “The definition of everything depends on
how you look at it. Nothing is as it seems, and the moment you change your
perspective you see that. Therefore, there is no such thing as Reality; there
is only the reality you create by the way you are looking at something. You are
creating your reality through the use of perspective”.
As ‘Sailor’ Bob Adamson says, “The
reflection is not in the mirror but of the mirror”.
Ultimate reality or truth is as Eric
Micha’el Leventhal says, “You are here on earth to unearth who on earth
you are.”
