Depending on your point of view, the meanings change. A preferable state for one person can be an undesirable state for another person. This is a cause of never-ending contradiction and confusion for an imaginative perceiver.
For instance, being rich (or being a king) has different meanings from different viewpoints. For the rich, having wealth means security, power, and ability to fulfill their preferences. For the poor, it is hoarding of valuable resources that could have been used to serve many (instead of one). It can be construed as indifference to the suffering of the poor.
An unimaginative, narrow-minded, or selfish observer is blind to the third-party's viewpoint and cannot feel such contradiction and confusion; therefore, he or she remains more focused on selfishly pursuing his or her own preferences (ignoring others' preferences and well-being). That's why psychopaths are very successful in pursuit of their own self-interest.
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7/20/2018
Stream of Consciousness, Stream of Reality
Nez: I have gazed long enough into my stream of consciousness.
Have you ever thought why people have coined the word stream of consciousness? It is because consciousness is not one thing in every moment. The quantities and qualities of the experiences change through time. The reality of one moment creates the experience and feelings of that moment. In other words, you experience every moment through the reality of the moment, and as the reality changes, your conscious experience changes. In a sense, the reality of every moment is inseparable from the experience of every moment, but the question is what creates the reality of every moment? This is the important area that I will explain in depth in the future. Two major compositions are magically fused to create your realty. First one is your W1 composition, W1 external and W1 internal (your biology). Second is your W2 composition (your belief system, your memories of past experiences, all interpretative W2 lenses, and your window of attention, and so on).
Why do people drink alcohol or use drugs? It is because alcohol and drugs alter their W1 internal compositions (biologic bodies). An altered W1 internal composition is fused with W2 composition and gives rise to a new reality. Many times people want to move to a more preferable reality or escape an intolerable one. A new reality means new conscious experiences. Any change in W2 body also can change your reality and your stream of consciousness. For instance, a false lab result indicating a diagnosis of cancer immediately brings scenarios of pain and suffering into a person's mind. The person's W2 composition (W2 body) is altered, and similarly the person's reality and conscious experience are altered. A he or she learns about falsity of the lab result, again the stream returns to normal.
In a way, reality is also a stream.
Have you ever thought why people have coined the word stream of consciousness? It is because consciousness is not one thing in every moment. The quantities and qualities of the experiences change through time. The reality of one moment creates the experience and feelings of that moment. In other words, you experience every moment through the reality of the moment, and as the reality changes, your conscious experience changes. In a sense, the reality of every moment is inseparable from the experience of every moment, but the question is what creates the reality of every moment? This is the important area that I will explain in depth in the future. Two major compositions are magically fused to create your realty. First one is your W1 composition, W1 external and W1 internal (your biology). Second is your W2 composition (your belief system, your memories of past experiences, all interpretative W2 lenses, and your window of attention, and so on).
Why do people drink alcohol or use drugs? It is because alcohol and drugs alter their W1 internal compositions (biologic bodies). An altered W1 internal composition is fused with W2 composition and gives rise to a new reality. Many times people want to move to a more preferable reality or escape an intolerable one. A new reality means new conscious experiences. Any change in W2 body also can change your reality and your stream of consciousness. For instance, a false lab result indicating a diagnosis of cancer immediately brings scenarios of pain and suffering into a person's mind. The person's W2 composition (W2 body) is altered, and similarly the person's reality and conscious experience are altered. A he or she learns about falsity of the lab result, again the stream returns to normal.
In a way, reality is also a stream.
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