WHAT IS REALITY?

We encounter 'a pretty teenage girl'.

What we perceive is our brain's best guess at what the girl is like.

Donald Hoffman believes that human perceptions of girls and other things are all illusions.

Donald D. Hoffman is a Professor in the Department of Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine, with joint appointments in the Department of Philosophy, the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, and the School of Computer Science.

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The scientists who study quantum physics say that an object does not exist until we observe it.

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"The current understanding - that all probabilities all exist at once, in the same reality, until you measure or observe them - is mind-blowing. And yet the math is there to prove it."

What is Reality?


Norway 1905

"When we produce a thought, that thought can change us and can change the world in a good way or in a bad way.

"If it is right thought, if that thought is produced in line with right thinking, then it will have a healing, nourishing effect on our body and on the world.

"Just by producing right thinking you can change the world. You can make the world a better place to live..."

Dharma Talk: The Buddhist Understanding of Reality



In John's Gospel, Jesus says: "It is the Father who lives in me who carries out his work through me...

"If you live your life in me, and my words live in your hearts, you can ask for whatever you like and it will come true for you."

In Luke's Gospel, Jesus says: "Give and men will give to you - yes, good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over will they pour into your lap...

"The kingdom of God is inside you."

Doctors studying patients with multiple personality disorder have discovered something strange.

One of the personalities possessed by a certain patient needs glasses for their eyes.

But, another of the same patient's personalities does not need glasses for their eyes.

Or, one of the patient's personalities is diabetic and another of the same patient's personalities is not diabetic.

10 Amazing Examples of Mind Over Matter.

When the patient switches from one personality to another, their body actually goes through real changes, such as differences in blood sugar levels.

10 Amazing Examples of Mind Over Matter.

In other words, the mind can alter the body.

The Powers-That-Be do not want us to know that they are constantly trying to control our minds, and shape our personalities.

They want us to be addicted to 'negative' states of mind.

Can you get your brain and body not to suffer from any physical and emotional injuries?

If so, this could be useful for people walking on burning coals, or for people training to be angels.

If you are a benevolent and skilful doctor, or an angel, the ability not to suffer physical and emotional injuries and ailments could be useful.

However, if you are an immature young child, or an evil general, there may be useful lessons to be learnt from suffering temporary pain.

Prahlad Jani, the man who says he hasn't eaten or drunk for 70 years

Prahlad Jani says he has not eaten or drunk for 70 years.

"A devout Christian called Therese Neumann (above) did not eat or drink for 35 years. 

"She was watched 24 hours a day and confirmed not to have eaten or drunk anything for 2 weeks with no ill-effects, dehydration or weight loss." 

The Biology of Belief  / Therese Neumann.

"Jainist Hira Ratan Manek claims not to have eaten anything since 1995. 

"He has been studied under controlled conditions by teams of scientists and doctors many times and was never observed to eat or drink at all. 

"One time he went 211 days under careful supervision, another time 411 days."

The Biology of Belief

Tibetan monks and Indian Yogis can apparently use meditation to control their body functions.

In 1936, a French cardiologist called Therese Brosse traveled to India to study yogis.

She found that the yogis could slow down their heart rates to abnormally low levels.

In the 1950s, another group of researchers studied yogis lying for 8 hours in air-tight sealed boxes.

The Yogis were able to survive by slowing down their heart rate and breathing.

10 Amazing Examples of Mind Over Matter.

Jack Schwarz practiced mind over matter.

He could put a long sail-maker's needle through his arm without injury.

"He also displayed his ability to regulate his body's blood flow by causing the puncture hole in his arm to bleed or stop bleeding at will...

Schwarz was studied by researchers at the Menninger Foundation who found that he could indeed control bodily processes with only his mind.

10 Amazing Examples of Mind Over Matter.

Mirin Dajo

"Mirin Dajo was invited to Switzerland to have his abilities formally studied under laboratory conditions. 

"In front of a group of doctors and journalists, Dajo had his assistant stab him through with the steel rapier and as always he did not bleed or even flinch. 

"He then calmly walked upstairs with doctors to take his X-ray which undeniably proved that no trickery was involved and he was indeed impaled.

Some people's brain cells may see motherhood as being 'unconditional love and forgiveness'.

Other people may see motherhood as being 'disappointment and ridicule'.

The Biology of Belief

Some people's brain cells may see the body as being potentially healthy.

Some people's brain cells may see the body as being potentially sick.

"What we ultimately do is tell ourselves a story about what the outside world is."

(Dr. Joe Dispenza, What the Bleep Do We Know?)

Research has shown that patients who have feelings of helplessness and hopelessness have a lower chance of surviving serious illnesses.

Patients who visualise themselves being healed, have a better chance of surviving serious illnesses.

10 Amazing Examples of Mind Over Matter.

Candace Pert, former chief of brain biochemistry at the National Institute of Mental Health, suggests that mind is present throughout the body and that emotions are the links between matter and mind.

The Spiritual Universe

"Thoughts change brain chemistry."

(Dr. Joseph M. Carver PhD, Emotional Memory Management: Positive Control Over Your Memory.)

If we are constantly bombarding our cells with the same negative attitudes, emotions, and beliefs, our biochemistry adapts by creating more receptor sites for those particular brain chemicals which cause our problems.

The Biology of Belief

"People often become physically/chemically addicted and dependent on various negative states of being such as depression, victimization, frustration, or jealousy. 

"Over time we crave more of the peptides (certain brain chemicals) we're addicted to and create repetitive dramas in our lives in order to receive our next dose."

The Biology of Belief

"Living with positive, life-affirming, non-limiting thoughts/emotions/beliefs leads to physical health, wellness, and even miraculous supernormal abilities."

The Biology of Belief

"To save her trapped son, Angela Cavallo lifted a 1964 Chevrolet and held it up for five minutes while neighbors arrived, reset a jack, and rescued her unconscious boy. 

"Similarly, a construction worker lifted a 3,000-pound helicopter that had crashed into a drainage ditch, trapping his buddy under water.

"In this feat captured on video, the man held the aircraft aloft while others pulled his friend from beneath the wreckage."   Spontaneous Evolution / The Biology of Belief

According to some research at Princeton University

We can mentally influence - and are influenced by - the thoughts of others.

We can mentally influence biological processes in bodies other than our own.

We can mentally influence the functioning of non-biological systems.

The Next Great Turning - Context Institute

Now, if we are going to be angels in Nirvana, or Heaven or Paradise, we may have to dump our personalities.

Paradoxically, it may be that if we give up our supposed 'free will', we can then follow the will of 'God' (or go with the flow, tune into the Tao, realise that we are part of 'God') and live happily ever after.

The Buddhists would say that our sense of being a separate 'self' is an illusion.

We should practise non-attachment to lots of things.

"All the delightful things of the world - sweet sounds, lovely forms, all the pleasant tastes and touches and thoughts - these are all agreed to bring happiness if they are not grasped and possessed.

But if you regard them merely as pleasures for your own use and satisfaction and do not see them as passing wonders, they will bring suffering.

-Sutta Nipata, Blog: Pleasure and Joy

Alexi Helligar (If everything is just an illusion) refers to the 'zero state' of 'self'.

"Living beings resist the zero state so they can experience enjoyment out of what is essentially nothingness."

Being an angel in Heaven, Paradise or Nirvana does not mean that one is without compassion.

Some Buddhists see an enlightened being as one whose changing self is highly developed.[16]

One with "great self" has a mind which is not at the mercy of outside stimuli or its own moods, but is imbued with self-control, and self-contained.[17]

The mind of such a one is without boundaries, not limited by attachment or "I-identification."[18]

One can transform one's self from an "insignificant self" into a "great self" through practices such as mindfulness.[19]

The suttas portray one disciple who has developed his mind through loving-kindness saying: "Formerly this mind of mine was limited, but now my mind is immeasurable."[19]

With "nirvana-after-death", paranirvana, the last remains of physical life vanish, and no further rebirth takes place.

With nirvāṇa the consciousness is released, and the mind becomes aware in a way that is totally unconstrained by anything in the conditioned world. 

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How to explain the world?

0 = +x -x

Particles are constantly popping in and out of existence, according to the scientists.

The +x -x could be seen as representing all possible things.

According to the scientists, a bottle of Coke exists in all possible locations, until it is observed existing in one particular location.

Atom Is Seen in 2 Places at Once - New York Times 

The observer apparently decides where the bottle of Coke is to be found.

And, just as a bottle of Coke can be in more than one place at once, it can also be in more than one time period at once.

The observer apparently decides the time period in which the bottle of Coke is to be found.

Our understanding of time and space may be out of date, according to the scientists.

"The world has the incomprehensible property of existing in a 'superposition' of possible states and every so often plumps for one or another."

Can Quantum Mechanics Explain Free Will?

Jean Piaget[7] stated that young children have to learn about time and space.

There is a lion somewhere ahead of us.

Perhaps we observe it right in front of us, about to eat us.

Or, perhaps we observe it sitting peacefully, eating manna from heaven.

Particles appear to exist in all states simultaneously according to the experiments in quantum superposition

"Experiments in quantum physics seem to demonstrate the need for an observer to be present to make potentialities become real... 

"Basically, what quantum theory says is that fundamental particles are empty of inherent existence and exist in an undefined state of potentialities. 

"They have no inherent existence from their own side and do not become 'real' until a mind interacts with them and gives them meaning. 

"Whenever and wherever there is no mind there is no meaning and no reality."

Buddhism and Quantum Physics

PERSONALITY AND HEALTH

The 'conscientious' person is more likely to be healthy, due to being  'conscientious' about exercise, diet, self control, avoidance of extremes and sympathetic treatment of others.

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The 'open-minded' person is more likely to be healthy, due to being 'open' to new experiences and interests.

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The 'affectionate' person is more like to be healthy, as affection triggers the release of the 'cuddle' hormone oxytocin, which has shown to reduce blood pressure.

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The 'not overly-optimistic' person is more likely to be healthy, due to the avoidance of dangerous behaviour.

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The relatively 'sociable' person is more likely to be healthy, as they are more likely to talk to doctors, and others.



'Friendly, peaceful' people are more likely to be healthy as they are less likely to have family arguments, and less likely to get angry.



People who are able to relax for part of the day are more likely to be healthy.

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 Louise Hay writes in Heal Your Life: “Migraine headaches are created by people who want to be perfect and who create a lot of pressure on themselves. A lot of suppressed anger is involved...”

According to the late Louise Hay:

"Whenever we are ill, we need to search our hearts to see who we need to forgive.

Forgiveness means letting go. 

It has nothing to with condoning behaviour. 

We do not have to know how to forgive. 

All we need to do is to be willing to forgive. 

The Universe will take care of the hows.

But before you can forgive, you must learn to love yourself. "

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'WE DON'T CONSCIOUSLY CHOOSE OUR THOUGHTS'

We have 'consciousness'.

We are aware of a computer screen or a cup of coffee or the sun shining.

David A Oakley, of UCL, and Peter Halligan, of Cardiff University, suggest that we don't consciously choose our thoughts - instead we simply become aware of them.

What if consciousness is not what drives the human mind?

It is suggested that our thoughts, emotions and beliefs are generated by something other than consciousness.



It is suggested that our thoughts come from 'non-conscious systems operating behind the scenes.'

It is suggested that we have a 'personal narrative' which produces our thoughts.

What if consciousness is not what drives the human mind?

We have a 'personality' which dictates that we like computers or cups of coffee.



What is the 'personal narrative', or 'personality' or 'true self' of Kaia Gerber?

Kaia is a Virgo. 

According to astrologers, Virgos are shy and dislike being the centre of attention.



We have a 'personality' which dictates that we like people such as Donald Trump or that we like killing Moslems in a Nigerian Mosque.

"Vile Muslim Trump is quick to condemn an attack against one of "his" Egypt mosques , but meanwhile he plots with the Saudis. Maybe he will send Kushner to invetigate, and then sell the Saudis some more weapons. Wake up people! Trump is a Muslim!
Post-Truth Society Theosebes Goodfellow Nov 24, 2017 12:04 PM



When we are born, we have a 'personality' and our 'personal narrative' continues to develop as we grow older.



"The 'personal narrative' provides information to be stored in our autobiographical memory - the story we tell ourself, about ourself."

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Where do our personalities come from?

Dr. Ian Stevenson wrote about Twins in Sri Lanka. "We did testing that showed they were identical, yet they were markedly different in their behaviors and physical appearance.

"One twin began to talk about a previous life as a Sinhalese insurgent, said he was shot by police in April 1971."

MIND OVER MATTER; ULTIMATE REALITY; CONSCIOUSNESS.

We don't consciously choose our thoughts or our feelings?

When we waken each morning, "thoughts and emotions - welcome or otherwise - arrive already formed in our minds.

"The colours and shapes we see are constructed into meaningful objects or memorable faces without any effort or input from our conscious mind."

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Our 'personalities' can be affected by various entities.

"Studies using hypnosis show that a person's mood, thoughts and perceptions can be profoundly altered by suggestion."

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There is a belief that we should tune in to the 'Heaven' within us.

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If the Kingdom of Heaven is within you, it would be a good idea to tune into it.

If you can move mountains, you can do all sorts of things.



The Canadian neurosurgeon Wilder Penfield talked about the mind apparently being able to "project a memory or a dream upon the screen of consciousness."

Wilder Penfield concluded that the mind is a thing separate from the brain, and it does not rely on the brain to function.

The Nature of Mind and the Holographic Brain - Waking Times - Brandon West - Waking Times



In the 1950's, the researcher Stanisilav Grof had a female patient who suddenly became convinced she had assumed the identity of a female of a species of prehistoric reptile.

Grof encountered examples of patients regressing and identifying with virtually every species on the evolutionary tree.

He found that such experiences frequently contained obscure zoological details which turned out to be accurate.

The Holographic Universe - Simulation Hypothesis



Grof had patients who appeared to tap into some sort of collective unconscious.

People with little or no education suddenly gave detailed descriptions of Zoroastrian funerary practices and scenes from Hindu mythology.

Grof had patients who  gave persuasive accounts of out-of-body journeys, glimpses of the future, and regressions into apparent past-life incarnations.

The Holographic Universe - Simulation Hypothesis

Grof suggested that our mind may be connected not only to every other mind that exists or has existed, but to every atom, organism, and region in space and time.

The Holographic Universe - Simulation Hypothesis



In his book Gifts of Unknown Things, biologist Lyall Watson describes his encounter with an Indonesian shaman woman who, by performing a ritual dance, was able to make an entire grove of trees completely vanish.

Watson relates that as he and another onlooker continued to watch the woman, she caused the trees to reappear, then click off again and on again several times in succession.

The Holographic Universe - Simulation Hypothesis.

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Jessica Clark married Gareth Mayer.

Gareth likes Jessica when she has the personality of a gay lad.

 Cwmbran woman's life as five people

Jessica and Gareth, from Wales.

Has Jessica been mind-controlled?

In 2012, a specialist in Norwich, in the UK, diagnosed Jessica as having 'dissociative identity disorder'.

Cwmbran woman's life as five people

Jessica works as a receptionist in Newport, in Wales.

She is also a part-time support worker.


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Jessica developed her male personalities to 'protect' herself after suffering a traumatic event during her childhood.

She refuses to speak about the traumatic event.

'I think having males around all day everyday in my brain really help me desensitize myself to being afraid of men,' she said.

'I thought, if I was a boy, what happened to me wouldn't have happened.'

Jessica Mayer, 25, with DID

As the result of 'dissociative identity disorder' (split personality), Jessica Mayer (born Jessica Clark) has five personalities.

She regularly switches from one character to another without warning.

"Jessica's disorder is believed to affect one to three per cent of the world's population."

dailymail / Meet Jessica and her four alternate identities / Cwmbran woman's life as five people

Jessica's five 'alter egos' are:

Jake, a Buddhist Hollywood actor and singer, who has an American accent, and a brother called Jamie

Jamie, a bisexual doctor, who has an upper-class British accent, wears prescription glasses and is the brother of Jake

Ed, a gay anorexic Cockney (working-class Londoner) hairdresser, who is left handed, and who is the 'partner' of Jamie

Ollie, curently aged 14, who is obsessed with astrobiology (evolution and life patterns), is moody, and is the 'son' of Jamie and Ed.

Jessica Mayer

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25 year-old Jessica is from South Wales in the UK.

Jessica "is happily married to Gareth Mayer, leads a 'girlie' lifestyle" and copes with full-time work and university.

She says of her personalities, 'One of us, whoever it may be, is up in the morning.'

"Generally, Jake usually starts the morning because he likes to take the dog out for a walk or go out for a bit of a jog.

"Ed usually prepares lunchboxes and sets everything up for the week while Jessica would go to her 9-5 job as usual."

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Jessica says of her personalities: 'Allowing them to have their own space and their own time is incredibly beneficial to our overall mental health.'

Growing up, Jessica said that she would find herself at a different location, not knowing how she ended up there.

'I remember one day, I was in a dress with the highest of heels on, blisters all over my feet, it was raining and I had no idea where I was or how I got there,' she says.

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Gareth Mayer describes the change between the personalities as 'incredible'.

Gareth says: "You literally see a shift in everything, from accent to attitude, and even her mannerisms and the way Jess looks."

He says each of the personalities has their own tastes and styles, and that Jessica has bought clothes to suit each personality

He says: "Lady Gaga's wardrobe is probably less diverse than Jess' is."

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"In quantum mechanics we discover that the entire universe is actually a series of probabilities.

"Nobel Prize winning father of quantum mechanics Neils Bohr said that 'everything we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.'"

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"You attract to yourself those things and circumstances that are in vibrational harmony with your dominant frequency, which is itself determined by your dominant mental attitude, habitual thoughts and beliefs."

Thought Power - Your Thoughts Create Your Reality

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Lerina Garcia.

In 2008, Lerina Garcia, aged 41, related that she had woken up one morning to find that the world around her had changed.

Lerina Garcia: Did She Wake Up In Another Universe?

Lerina concluded that she had awoken in a parallel universe - a world in which her life had been altered by small decisions of her past.

Lerina Garcia Gordo: The Woman From A Parallel Universe.

The first change that she noticed was that the sheets on her bed were different.

She wrote: "When I got to my office, it was not my office.

"It had names on the door, and mine was not there. I thought I had the wrong floor, but no, it was mine.

"I got off at the wireless area of my office and I looked, still working here but it was in another department reporting to a director I didn’t know."

Art photography by Stewart Baillie.

Lerina Garcia's ID, and her house, and even 'yesterday's top news headlines', were the same.

Other personal details were not the same. 

For example, Lerina remembered her sister having had surgery on her arm, but the rest of her family, including her sister, remembered no such thing.

Lerina found herself still with her ex-boyfriend, who she remembered leaving many months before. 

Her new boyfriend, Augustin, was gone altogether.

Lerina Garcia: Did She Wake Up In Another Universe?

Art photography by Stewart Baillie.

In Quantum Physics, a particle has no fixed position - most of the time.

According to some scientists, the mind decides on the position of any particle.

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In a certain state of mind, you find yourself being in a pleasant place and meeting pleasant people.

In a different state of mind, you find yourself in an unpleasant place and meeting unpleasant people.

This is certainly what happens in dreams.

"There would be a range of universes...

"So in one universe, you took that job to China.

"In another, perhaps you were on your way and your plane landed somewhere different, and you decided to stay."

Parallel Universes: Theories & Evidence.

Max Loughan says: "God is energy that created us, lives within us, moves through us and is us."

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Max Loughan talks about different dimensions.

Jack and Max Loughan

"Lerina Garcia's new boyfriend, Augustin, was gone altogether."

According to some scientists, it is our mind that creates matter.

If we get our mind into the right state-of-mind, by being unselfish, kind, humble and flexible, then we can tune into a 'higher self' or Tao or Holy Spirit, and then everything goes better.

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In the film Groundhog Day, Bill Murray is a grumpy TV weatherman who covers an annual Groundhog Day holiday event.

He finds himself apparently repeating the same day over and over again.

Then he begins to re-examine his life and priorities.

He starts to befriend people, help strangers and enjoy life.

He stops being grumpy.

GROUNDHOG DAY - PRALLEL UNIVERSES/REINCARNATION.

According to some scientists, parallel universes can interact.

There is a 'leakage of memory'.

Groundhog Day: Time Loop or Parallel Universe?

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