Are We The Imagination Of Ourselves?

Answer 1

This is more easily understandable if one considers the actual scale of the components of an atom. If one takes into account the fact that the neutrons, protons and electrons of an atom actually have huge spaces between them it becomes clear that the atoms that make up seemingly solid objects are made up of 99+ percent empty space.

This alone does not seem too important till you add the idea that the atoms that make up seemingly solid objects are more of a loose conglomeration that share a similar attraction but never really touch each other.

At first glance this does not really seem relevant, but closer analysis reveals that this adds a tremendous amount of empty space to solid objects that are already made up of atoms that are 99 percent space. When so-called solid objects are seen in this light it becomes apparent that they can in no way be the seemingly solid objects they appear to be.

We ourselves are not exceptions to this phenomenon.

These seemingly solid objects are more like ghostly images that we interpret as solid objects based on our perceptual conclusions.

From this we must conclude that Perception is some sort of a trick that helps us to take these ghostly images and turn them into a world we can associate and interact with. This clever device seems to be a creation of our intellect that enables us to interact with each other in what appears to be a three dimensional reality.

I hope that helps to answered your question.

Love and blessings Don

Answer 2

Deep thought.

I was making such good time and now this.

I think we are the essence of ourself and if that seems like it is imagined then so be it.

Delete the form and all that exists is our essence and that includes our wildest dreams and fantasies. So, our imagination is there too.

We see ourselves as our essence and that seems imagined but I think it is real only we are the only ones who can see this reality unless we manifest it in a physical form for otheres to see or recognize.

At that point we are both imagined and substantive. We see ourselves as who we imagine we are and others see us as they imagine we are and the truth is we are probably neither. We are just that we are.

Answer 3

Yes. conditioned by the environmental factors such as race, religion, country, family, school, the age in which we are living, etc.etc.
The true 'we/I' is a perception and not an imagination. It is a discovery (of the truth) and not an imagined reality.

Answer 4

yes we do eventually turn out to be a figment of own imagination.. we actually make sure this happens..