like seriously thinking the question "is this real or am i really sitting in the corner of a mental institution rocking back and forth in the fetal position and this is just an illusion" my psychiatrist says im just depressed and crazy people dont know theyre crazy.
so what are your thoughts on both my sanity and just general about the question like do you agree that that is possable? and am i insane for thinking it?
2007-02-17 02:17:08 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
When you think real hard about it, what is reality? I can look at say a rock and say hmm this is a mass of molecule thats pretty hard, and i can throw this across a pond and make it skip. Another person can look at the same rock and say hmm this is pretty hard i can use it as a weapon. yet another person can look at the same rock and be like hmm its pretty shiny, I think i'll tie it around my neck and wear it as a necklace. I think if you think we are just dreaming or in some sort of matrix, then you are crazy, cause we are not somewhere else, we are where we are, but how we perceive the world around us is subjective, therefore our realities are subjective. I can look at the sky and say its blue, but to someone else who happens to be colorblind to the color blue, the sky will still be blue, its just so happens thay what they see as blue is different from what I envision as blue.
2007-02-17 04:10:06 · answer #1 · answered by Mike 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some ancient Hindu philosophers thought that all that we see
is Maya (illusion). Their reasons are many which are above
that of common knowledge. A few of them are mentioned below:
(1) At the physical level: Science knows that the
inter-atomic space is much more compared to the space
occupied by atoms in a molecule. Your big body consists of
many billions of molecules. Compared to the hugeness of
inter-atomic space inside your body, you are nothing.
(2) At the mental level: Your sub-conscious mind is
influenced by Adhi Bhouthika (lower collective psychic
energy). Your conscious mind is influenced by Adhi Atmika
(human collective psychic energy). Your super conscious mind
is influenced by Adhi Daivika (higher collective psychic
energy). Compared to those psychic energies, your personal
freedom to think is nothing.
(3) At the soul level: The Advaita Siddhantam says that
Atma (soul) present in your body is a piece of Paramatma
(infinite soul, Almighty). Almighty is eternal. Almighty is
Omnipotent. Almighty is infinite. Compared to the infinite
Almighty. you are nothing.
But yet....you know that you are real!
The Almighty has chosen you, and every other person for
a particular purpose. The aim of life is to understand
the greatness of the creator. And to search for the
purpose for which a soul is given human life. This
purpose differs from person to person because it is
dependent on the past Karma of the soul. (It is as
different as our finger prints, no two are alike). But
one thing is sure. Human beings are the highest of all
creation. The rest of the creation is intended for the
use of human beings. All people are expected to enjoy
the creation.
Since creation itself is divine, all people are expected to
keep their lives as happily as possible without interference
with others.
When you understand the pupose of your life, then you will
derive the highest happiness of your life.
2007-02-20 06:11:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, people are alway questuioning why things happen the way they do in life. Does this make them crazy? I think not.
2007-02-17 10:24:31 · answer #3 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
quite the opposite I think mostly
I can't comment on your sanity or lack thereof
2007-02-17 10:21:17 · answer #4 · answered by agropelter 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no i bet everyone sometimes says this you might be imagining to much but i dont think you are insane.
2007-02-17 10:24:38 · answer #5 · answered by Maddie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋