psylence

one issue i have with "life" ot the perception of life, perhaps, is that our reality cannot ever really become objective - even if it is shared. it is always subjective. no matter how open you are with somebody, even if you can get past the cultural barriers and really share everything with somebody, the two of you are (and always will be) two different people with varying takes on reality's essence.

this is not something that bothers me actively, per se. just in principle. as much as i think that a collective unconcious is not necessarily far-fetched by any means... it is clear to me that we are alone in our self-indulgent ego-prisons.

which i suppose was said better by Einstein in his time: "A human being is part of the Whole. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness."

this alludes to the reliance on physical input being somewhat responsible for clouding the perception of our true nature. a dicey situation considering that we are (for the most part) completely dependent on our 5 senses for input. i'd have to say that if there was a 6th sense... it would have to be "thought" itself. thought interacts with reality just as much, if not more so, than our physical senses do... but in a different way. granted, it's contact with the familiar physical world is harder to measure. in fact, it's somewhat intangible and subject to speculation. but then again... what is thinking but speculation itself?

and, besides, i imagine we would probably have a nervous breakdown if we could become truly objective when it comes to self-analyzation. human nature plays a large part in that... but so does cultural influence along with self-deception, illusions of privacy, the false need for privacy, and the bubble effect... those sort of things.

ahem... forgive my rambling. if my first thread here is lacking in some way please don't hesitate to point out things i could improve or change outright.

so... comments? opinions?