“Everybody abstracts a different reality. When you come through a room, you abstract the reality you’re prepared to abstract. You pick up the signals that interest you. Your brain records them and organizes them.” “We all have our own reality tunnel, and in our reality tunnel we pick out some things and ignore other things. And we got 10 billion cells in our brain receiving hundreds and hundreds of millions of signals all the time. We just pick out the ones that fit into the established grooves in our brain, the reality tunnel that’s been laid down by past experience. We all have our own belief system, and the signals that fit our belief system get in. The signals that don’t fit our belief system get ignored, or if they keep coming back we go to a psychiatrist to get cured and make them go away.” "There is no 'official' Copenhagen interpretation. But every version grabs the bull by the horns and asserts that an observation produces the property observed. The tricky word here is 'observation.'... "The Copenhagen interpretation considers two realms: there is the macroscopic, classical realm of our measuring instruments governed by Newton's laws; and there is the microscopic, quantum realm of atoms and other small things governed by the Schrodinger equation. It argues that we never deal directly with the quantum objects of the microscopic realm. We therefore need not worry about their physical reality, or their lack of it. An 'existence' that allows the calculation of their effects on our macroscopic instruments is enough for us to consider." “Fear, pleasure, sorrow, thought and violence are all interrelated. Most of us take pleasure in violence, in disliking somebody…But in a state of mind in which all violence has come to an end there is a joy, which is very different from the pleasure of violence with its conflicts, hatred’s and fears.” - J. Krishnamurti: Violence—Anger—Justification and Condemnation—The Ideal and the Actual from the book “Freedom From the Known” Questions: Are most peoples “Truth”, i.e. “my truth“, just an inflexible deterministic version of revisionist history? Is right and wrong an illusion? What is self-integration/self-alignment, and it’s impact on aligning interpersonally? Can our unhealed wounds make us psychologically dogmatic? Is our perspective absolute truth? Are We Guilty of “Self Gaslighting” Why do I feel the need to be right all the time? Can the concept of right and wrong be seen as a construct created by human perception, rather than an absolute truth? How do our unhealed emotional wounds influence our psychological rigidity and the need to defend specific beliefs or perspectives? Is the idea of an absolute perspective merely an illusion, shaped by our individual reality tunnels and belief systems? To what extent do we engage in "self-gaslighting," disregarding signals that challenge our established belief systems? What drives the persistent need to be perceived as right in various interactions and discussions? How do the four types of illusion, as conceptualized by Robert Anton Wilson, influence our perception and interpretation of reality? Are concepts like 'right', 'wrong', 'good', and 'bad' subjective illusions, shaped by individual belief systems rather than objective truths? How does the notion of coming into relationships 'healed' perpetuate limitations in experiencing the fullness of 'isness' within healthy dynamics? What are some examples of propaganda related to the concept of healing and the eradication of emotional wounds? How does the pursuit of external validation and 'doing' rather than acceptance of the present moment hinder the attainment of 'isness' or being in the now? Can the search for safety lead to an adversarial nature in relationships, stemming from the quest for certainty in our partners? In what ways do we compromise genuine connections by seeking certainty from our partners as a means of feeling safe? Can our attachment to our own 'B.S.' create barriers to authentic connections, delaying our self-actualization and relational growth? How does detachment from our own 'B.S.' contribute to overcoming relational barriers and fostering authentic connections? What limitations hinder our understanding of 'is-ness' or 'being' when we solely embrace our own 'B.S.' as absolute truth? What are the 4 types of illusion? Are 'right', 'wrong', 'good', 'bad', and such concepts just illusions for human beings? Do they actually exist or is everything subjective? What is some propaganda surrounding healing and wound eradication? How does the idea that WIPs “come healed” limit their experience of “isness” or being within a healthy dynamic? What personality type thinks they are always right? Why is it not possible to achieve acceptance of the “now” from a space of “doing” and/or external validation seeking? How does seeking safety connect to the adversarial nature we develop in the process of becoming “certain” about our partners