What is real?

Question

I'm writing an essay and so I need some ideas for what is real? and what makes things real?Why they are real? How they become real? (Strange........i know)

Answer 1

What real is is up to the consciousness of the beholder. Belief - if you believe something is real then to you it is.... life is just an illusion or is it? How many dimensions are there? The one thing I know is real and has not been shown to Science, is the existence of a Soul. I Am - that is real. Love is real. This Universe is real. If you believe in something so strongly that did not exist-you can make that thing exist can't you? Therefore it is real. Belief and consciousness I Am Love...... That my dear, is real.

Answer 2

Nothing is real. No thing is real. This is all a Big Illusion that we are all making up as we go. That's because we don't have anything better to do, or anywhere else to go. We don't believe it because somebody else told the lot of us not to. The things that are here that we are calling real are truly just DENSe matter. Pure science exists here to help hold the illusion together, science, quantam physics, gravity, PURE ENERGY, so...we moosh it around enough and create it up in a certain way in our head as an idea or thought, then as an action through motion, then follow through with the end results of some thing made manifest "REAL." In this realm, the Realm of Relativity. E=MC2

Answer 3

This sounds more of a "Philosophical" question. I tell people (Jokingly) that everything is a figment of our imagination. One day we will realize this and not be here anymore. ;-)
What is real to some point of view, would be what we can see, touch and feel. But, how it may exist we can only Theorize in many situations. I have Studied the "Theory of Electronics". Yes, it considered a theory, we know electricity is real, we just not sure how it works and Theorize this. Just like Gravity, we know it is there, but, how does it work? We are reaching a point in the Study to Theorize, Magnetics may have some play, but, is this correct, we not positive. Hope this helps. I could talk for hours on this subject and never sound "real". LOL! :-D

Answer 4

I was drifting in and out of sleep the other day, and there were other people in the room. They were saying things, and so much of what was said was being incorporated into my dreams that I questioned what was real myself. It all seemed real. Maybe your essay should emphasize the blurry edges of reality, and the idea that reality cannot be defined because everything that is "real" to us is viewed from a human perspective. Think of what drugs do to our vision and sense of time. Think of animals; cats see in pitch blackness like we do in the middle of the day. Dogs remember you based mainly on your smell rather than your face. Time passes more slowly for some smaller mammals and insects.

Answer 5

Wow tough topic but I'll try and give you an idea. What is real depends on the person. For example two men sitting on a bench one blind one deaf. A bird flys in front of them chirpping. to the blind man the sound (chirpping) is real because he can hear it, but the bird does not exist. To the deaf man the bird is real, but the sound a bird makes is a mystery because he cannot hear. Now if the blind man gets to touch a bird than it becomes real to him, but the deaf man will never be able to capture the sound. We use our senses to sense what is real. That's why there is a debat on the existence of God because people cannot sense the presence of one. I hope that makes sense and helps w/ the paper.

Answer 6

# being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people; not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is earnest!"- Longfellow
# real(a): no less than what is stated; worthy of the name; "the real reason"; "real war"; "a real friend"; "a real woman"; "meat and potatoes--I call that a real meal"; "it's time he had a real job"; "it's no penny-ante job--he's making real money"
# actual: being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma"
# not to be taken lightly; "statistics demonstrate that poverty and unemployment are very real problems"; "to the man sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real"
# capable of being treated as fact; "tangible evidence"; "his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor"
# being value measured in terms of purchasing power; "real prices"; "real income"; "real wages"
# substantial: having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things"- Shakespeare
# (of property) fixed or immovable; "real property consists of land and buildings"
# real number: any rational or irrational number
# an old small silver Spanish coin
# veridical: coinciding with reality; "perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception"- F.A.Olafson
# very: used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn"

Answer 7

Are you familiar with Descartes quote, "I think therefore I am" If this is for a philosophy class, you might look him up as well as Carl Jung.

If you really want to wrap your mind around some amazing things about reality, may I recommend a DVD, "Down the Rabbit Hole". The information you can glean from this is mind blowing. Check it out.

Answer 8

God is real there was a story about the tallest man on earth and he had atumar on his brain and he had to nave surgry in order to survive and he refused the sugery but the whole time he stayed in prayer with communication with the lord and when they finally found some one to preform the surgy ran all th neccessary test they found it to be gone and he told them that he prayed to god that he will fix it and he did now he's healthy and can do what ever he desire to do with his life and he is still in touch with god.

Answer 9

Reality is perception. Everyone has a slightly different perception of reality depending on who they are, their family, school experience and age.

So everything is real in so far as it is perceived by you now.

Answer 10

Our dreams are reality before it even happens. Something i can touch and feel that responds-another life. God is real because i know that he is there.