The Little Things

I am easily confounded and entertained by examining the "little things".

"Little things" like our collective capacity to accept as true, that which is not true. Our language reflects this capacity. In daily dialogue, we use references that are, at the least, inaccurate.

A few examples of commonly accepted falsehoods readily found in daily language:

We say, "The sun is rising". Of course the sun is not rising. The earth is rotating toward the sun, thus creating the "illusion" that the sun is "rising". The same sort of "illusion" reference is true of "sunset". To say that the sun rises, or sets, isn't true, yet we commonly declare it.

We say that we "see" an object. Not true. We see the light reflected from the surface of an object. We in fact, never see the object itself. If there is no light, can we see the object? Can we see it in darkness? No. We don't "see" it. To say that we "see" an object isn't true. Again, these are "little things".

I often hear people say:

This is my home, or I own my home. I am a homeowner.

Well candidly, unless "my" home is fully paid for, and I hold the unencumbered deed in my name, I do not own my home. Sorry. Not true. The bank or some other entity owns the home I call my home. Even if I hold the clear title, I still owe taxes. If I don't pay the "taxes" on my home, some "other entity" i.e. "the nice government men" seize my home and close out my illusion of ownership. As long as there are taxes on my home, there is a permanent lien against my home, for money owed to government. The nice government men hold the perpetual mortgage through levied taxation. Then of course there's "eminent domain" but that's another can of worms.... So.... own my home? Sorry. Not true.

We say that an object is "solid". Not true. The matter in everyday objects (including our own bodies) contain far more "space" between the atomic components than matter. Our "scale of sensory perception" creates the illusion that a coffee cup is "solid". Nonetheless, to say that an object is "solid" isn't true.

Of course when one thinks about it , it's obvious. But, what does it mean?
Should we not ask or wonder, how is our perception influenced when we use illusion affirming language? If we misrepresent reality in our language , and if "words are the tools of thought", do we not also risk misrepresenting reality in our thinking?

Some argue that these references are "common usages". Agreed. However, the question remains, how does a consistent reinforcement of falsehoods affect our minds and our lives? Is "common usage" a valid justification for consistently reinforcing untruths?

Could it be that the "common usage" claim is merely a by-product of a mental process that attempts to jealously defend itself? Referencing reality in ways that are inaccurate, must surely affect our thinking. Does it seem likely that continually justified use of illusion affirming language, would have no individual and/or collective influence upon us?

Does it make any difference? Perhaps.

We've all heard the adage........ "If you say it (or hear it) enough times, it becomes true".


What if... continually referencing reality inaccurately, stating untruth, as truth, does make a difference in the way we think, perceive, process information and make important decisions?

Is it possible that reinforcing known falsehoods might produce a "brainwave driven shield" ? An organic mechanism that not only blocks detection of it's influence, but could in fact, block detection of the mechanism itself?

Could we carry around a mental "cloaking device" that's so subtle and so effective? Could it so convincingly "self-deny" that we are unable to detect the device or it's applied limitations to our thinking? Are we running a "blind spot" generator in our heads?

Could we be inadvertently nurturing within, an invisible, internal, self-concealing brainwave driven, denial mechanism? Inconceivable?

Wouldn't one of such a mechanism's primary functions be, to make it's existence seem inconceivable? Plausible deniability? If we consistently reinforce what is not true, as true, isn't it likely that such a "mobius mirroring mechanism" would also reinforce what is true, as not true - "truth as untruth"? Could we all be living with a virtually undetectable, organic, self-regenerating, self-protecting "virus" within our cerebral computer programs? Inconceivable?

Would it seem sensible to wonder and to wonder how we might be influenced?

We willingly (if unconsciously) language our inaccurate perceptions of reality, as genuine reality, as truth. We apply the weight and value of "truth" to that which is not true. So necessarily one of the most fundamental questions arises. What is "truth"? The answer(s) to this question are as slippery as deliberations on what is "good and bad". But we can keep it simple for the moment.........

Truth..... according to whom? One persons truth is not necessarily the next person's truth. There are however, collective agreements. With few novel exceptions, we collectively agree that the earth is spherical. Not so long ago, the collective agreement was that the earth is flat. Not so long ago, the generally agreed "truth" was that the Earth was the center of the universe. And that God had rendered it so. In the collective agreement bank, that was the "truth". So powerful was the commitment to that thought/belief/truth, that Galileo was imprisoned for sharing his observations supporting a helio-centric solar system. The geo-centric beliefs have since been replaced with views based on more accurate information. In essence.. more truth.

How many other "flat earth" type truths are in our collective psyche? What are our collective "blind spots"? Are those "blind spots" supported by our language?

Does our continued unconscious reaffirmation and acceptance of "little things" like "sunrise" impair our consciousness and support and even increase our capacity to believe more highly impacting, subtle or outrageous illusions? Are we self- programming to accept as truth, attitudes and beliefs that reasoned consideration would dismiss?

Who has the time to actually think about what we think and believe? Who has time to think about how those thoughts and those beliefs affect our interpretation of and expression of reality? Who has time to actually examine how and what we language, how we program ourselves, our peers and the upcoming generations?

Many would argue that anyone with enough time to think and write about things like this, has way too much time on his hands. Perhaps.

Uh-oh....... the concept of time...........
The concept of time is not a fixed truth? There's a big one we all know and almost completely avoid evaluating. Tear that one open at your own peril, and only if you're willing to toast to a crisp, most of the fundamental perceptions that hold your world together.

It's all too much! Let's just carry on.

Let's just go on saying that we own our homes, and that the sun rises in the east every day............ let's go on saying that promptly at 6:00 am... in fixed time, we taste coffee with solid taste buds, drunk from solid coffee cups... , and saying we are certainly not nurturing a self-deception virus in our brain program. And, let's go on saying that illusion affirming language, thoughts and beliefs couldn't possibly affect us.

It's so much less challenging that way, and these are little things anyway.

Ahhh...... Submit to the sweet, warm, narcotic bath of illusion, denial and unconsciousness, ........ Let's Go Shopping! Let's Take the Kids to Disney World!
Sometimes, I so crave to cave....... Gotta love it.......... The Astonishing Experience of Being Human