Sunday, August 30, 2015

There are many realities for all of us

There is the reality you share with the public. There is your private reality of how you scientifically have come to view everything. There is your spiritual reality. Then there are multiple cultural realities caused by experiences, religions, cultures around the world.

So, even though people who are very ethnocentric in the middle of big nations like the U.S., Russia and China (which tend to be the most ethnocentric nations on earth) think there is only ONE reality, mostly they are wrong about this and live in a very little world compared to what actually exists out there.

Let's think about this for example.

What is reality?

It is a description of experiences we share with people.

But, those experiences can only include the shared experiences or thoughts or realizations that are common to all.

This leaves out individual or small group experiences which might be very difficult for masses of people to make any sense of.

So, therefore reality is relative to the individuals who have had different experiences.

We are all constantly buffering experiences when we communicate with others because otherwise they might not understand the fullness of anything we have to say.

So, learning to be a good communicator one is also learning to be good at buffering experiences so others can actually grasp what you are talking about or writing about.

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