Greater Reality

I’m still blown away each time I explore the definition of reality. I don’t think we ever stop to consider it. We go about living our lives just accepting reality is just us, and assuming it is the same for each of us.

So why not take the time to stop and consider… What is my personal definition? What is my reality? Ask a friend or family member the same question.

Dictionary.com definition of Reality:
1. The state or quality of being real.
2. Resemblance to what is real.
3. A real thing or fact.
4. Real things, facts, or events taken as a whole; state of affairs: the reality of the business world; vacationing to escape reality.
5. Philosophy.
a. something that exists independently of ideas concerning it.
b. something that exists independently of all other things and from which all other things derive.

Now consider a person with a disability; a woman in China; A man in New Zealand; a student in Rio de Janeiro.

Each person will have a different perspective, a different concept of what is reality for them. Not one of us has the same experience of reality because each of us is unique.

The population of our global community is approximately 6,586,804,171 people… this is how many different “realities” there are out there.

I do not have the same life experiences as my sister; therefore even though we were brought up together we did not have the same experiences shaping our realities. My reality is not hers.

Stop and listen… respect & learn from each others experiences/realities. Consider the possibilities.

What if we as a global community came to know this “Structure of Reality”*? We could no longer look at people in the same light; we could see the knowledge and wisdom in everyone from the street beggar to the Queen of England and everyone in between.. Just because you have no personal experience or knowledge of something does not make it less real.

If we all knew this as second nature I don’t believe there would be wars or intentional killings, we would simply know that we all can be right, believe what we believe; be a Buddhist, Christian, Muslim, Pagan, Atheist, whatever. And be concerned only with ourselves not with converting or conforming others to our views. Think about it… how many wars are happening in our world because someone is trying to impose their way of life on others?

If we could just accept other people’s views and our individual rights, the world would be a much different place.

Tomorrow is a new day… there is always more.

* Structure of Reality is a WEL-Systems Model