Anxiety of Freedom: 3 Approaches to Chose Your Reality

Every one of us has a constructed reality inside his or her own bubble. All of us have a "seemingly" external, universally lawful, and common W1 world that we can interact with (our W1 bodies are a part of this world). W1 external reality imposes many limitations on us (and our existence and our health depends on it), yet we can direct the movie constructed on the inner surface of our bubble (which is our reality) in many different ways. In fact, we can direct our movies in infinite ways, and awareness of such freedom makes us anxious. Having a variety of choices (each having their own unique consequences and associated future experiences) can cause confusion and anxiety.

Here we explore three approaches to directing one’s movie.

Outside-in Approach (scientist’s approach):
The person curiously looks at the outside world (W1) in order to find clues on how to direct his movie inside the bubble. He is imitating the status quo. The person looks at the nature, other people and society, and reconstructs some similar or slightly different scenarios.

Inside-out Approach (artist’s approach) :
The person get drowned inside his own bubble. He is mesmerized by his own constructions inside the bubble. He distorts the outside reality based on his inner desires and creates so-called illusions and delusions to enjoy the movie (and to entertain himself). Hollywood movies do a good job of providing hours of escapism into a fantastic worlds detached from W1 reality.
Similarly, the person creates a fantastic constructed world to entertain himself. However, a fantastic world that only relies on L1 and L3 will inevitably collide with W1 reality. A construct that contradicts L2 and state of affairs in W1 can create great amount of suffering, anxiety, anger, and depression.

Nezman’s approach:
Nezman observes W1 scientifically,  and constructs a well-constructed flexible reality on the top of those W1 observations. He builds an accurate model of W1 in L2. However, the blank portion of the picture (which is huge) remains to be filled with imagination and speculation. This reminds me of  the famous quote that “Reality leaves a lot to the imagination”.

Nezman knows one should first become a scientist and later spiritual, creative, and imaginative. Only after building a well-constructed castle of thoughts on a firm L2 foundation, Nezman can rely on his intuitions and emotions.