Thread: When NOTHING is real...

Naturally Lucid:

You've fallen upon the most fundamental issue within the field of philosophy. It is commonly regarded to as the Brain-in-the-Vat Paradox. Who's to say I, or in this case you, are just a brain in a vat and the entire universe as you perceive it is merely a construct of your own design?

The only answer anyone's been able to so far prove is that there is no answer. It is merely what you believe the answer to be.

This is why religion has developed. It fills the void that would otherwise be occupied by the constant ponderings of the lost sentient mind.

We have evolved to become self-aware, and as a result, have become stuck in a cyclic thought-process that attempts to determine if the 'I' and 'me' we commonly refer to as 'ourselves' actually does exist in a 'real' world.

The fact of the matter, though, is that there is no answer. Hell, you're probably wondering whether or not I am just some shard of your own self trickling some type of inner information to you. You will never be entirely sure that I am in fact another sentient being separate from your own consciousness, even if I told you repeatedly.

This is the human dilemma. It is what all struggle with their entire lives. Some fill it with religion, some choose to just be happy with what is and not question it,some choose to wait till the end comes naturally, and others choose to end it sooner. (I would advise against the latter).

This 'life' can be fun if you just think of it like a little game. Don't let the perceived pains and aches make your true-self (that is to say, the one that perceives, and NOT the one that identifies itself with 'I', 'myself', and 'me') become pained. Instead, just let yourself know there's no use suffering over it or questioning it. It's all a mystery, there is no true answer, and the only thing you can do is hope you'll know the answer every next moment. But until then, just live happily with what is in the present. After all, that's all there is.


Hope that helps!

-Ailos