redacting reality

"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one..."

~Albert Einstein~

I don't suppose for even a second that I'm the only person to sit and ponder the concept of reality. Many a movies, songs, and lives have been mere-searches for a clearer understanding on the definitive nature of reality. Soren Kierkegaard had this to add to the conversation of reality: "Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced..." Our cultures experiential approach has left it somewhat empty handed in regards to solidified knowledge, and still has us debating experiential knowledge vs codified logic. '

Everyone's experience on earth has been uniquely different. We are like snowflakes in the sense of not having been formed or molded like any other one; our lives are as different if not more so. I have always enjoyed thoroughly the ability to hear peoples stories and make a truly-diligent effort every place I travel to do so. I attempt with pristine-vigor to make acquaintances in most places I frequent; its most certainly better to have more friends, than not enough friends, right? I've noticed that I understand my circumstantial state-of-being with a significantly higher level of clarity when I take time to find out where others are.

Reality is defined as such; "all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you" or "the state of things as they are or rather than as you wish..." I tend to affirm the second one, as it seems to be less about what you 'think' and more about what you 'know'. Thus begging the question of superiority of reality vs fact? Or do the two-coexist and operate on the same level, not only in semantics, but in operational function as well? I tend to lean towards the idea that whatever occurs is reality, and if it has occurred, than it's a fact. But, I know the intellectuals of our culture would like to make reality an individualistic ideology that is more privatized in it's nature, not a shared experience as logic would assert.

It's one of the saddest aspects of our culture today is the desire to individualize everything by making everyone, 'unique', and desiring no 'unison' amongst people. We all fight so ferociously to be 'ourselves' that we opt out of any opportunities to be brought together, united, or in agreeance whatsoever. The arguing and debating runs so rampant in our culture that even a simple term like, "bless you" is deemed offensive and removed from normative conversation. We cannot even say "merry christmas" without being fearful of lacking the necessary political correctness; God forbid (oops..should be a lower case 'g') we impose our religious zealotry upon someone's individual-reality.

We've all been told to be 'open-minded' yet modern culture is societies biggest hypocrite; wanting no openness whatsoever, just a bunch of closeness (improper word usage, obviously). We utter the dire-necessity to be diverse yet we stifle any progress in that direction with elevating the importance of our own agendas above what's good for the majority; which, in a democracy, would seem to make the most sense logically.I guess that when we converse in regards to reality we must come to the table under the pressumption that we are all viewing it from a biased-position. However, reality in the end, is just, well, I guess, reality? So, let's not focus too much of our brain-power fighting, debating, and filibustering one another to death with big words, bad logic, and a pitiful lack of grace.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.
~John Lennon~