Discount the obvious!

If a tree falls in the middle of the forest and there is no one to hear it, does it make a sound?
This is one fascinating topic to think about and I will say what is obvious: We have been conditioned by our very own human nature to believe in everything we can see and sense. Whatever we see; we believe wholeheartedly to exist as is, our brains can see objects and identify them in a fraction of a second. That’s how nature evolved us to be the people we are today, smart, full of ideas, which is obviously great. We easily remember past events and can come up with creative ideas plus methods for solving complex problems, from which we see things in completely different ways.

But ultimately, should you believe and trust that anything you see is really there? Let me give an example - Most of us know that there are many cities around the world. London, Sydney, Los Angeles and New York etc and we know about these cities because we have read about them, seen them on TV’s and maps. But how do we really know for sure that they really are there? How do we know they aren’t a myth, an illusion or fantasy? And please don’t tell me you are convinced about them because you have seen them on TV. I mean really! TV? How could you really trust what you see on TV? After all it’s just a box, be it rectangular or a square, with electrical wires, capacitors and resistors inside it, just to name a few, and behind it is your painted wall. It receives a broadcast signal transmitted through the ether(air, space) and now you wanna tell me that’s enough proof to justify that such a city really exist? You also trust and believe that all the people, cars, streets and buildings you see are really there? OK let’s go back to the fundamentals of our own biology. You believe that those cities are there because the neurons in your brain tells you that they really exists, after all we have memories right? Again I ask - how do we really know for certain that our very own brain cells and memories are reliable? Have they been certified as genuine design and if so by whom? By us? The universe? Nature? The brain itself? If by the brain itself, meaning we think our memories and the structure of our thought processes are working as they should, then who was the independent judge or reviewer that certified our brains to be operationaly reliable? Well ok you might say that you just have to believe that because what you know that’s stored in your memories is based on correct observations of objects and events around you, but then again your brain is approving and certifying itself as reliable and fair here. And that cannot be right, because we cannot be sure that the results are really legit, fair and reliable. Even during democratic elections other countries must be present to certify that the voting process was free and fair. Anyway think about this more – your brain cells, which hold your memories and your sense of being, are made from carbon, water and fats. All those brain cells will die off and decompose as dust when they expire one day and they'll just end up as dust and soil beneath your feet. They are living organisms, feeding off nutrients that are sourced externally. So how then can you really trust everything they want you to believe? How sure are you that what you’re sensing and feeling is really reliable, genuine and a true representation of facts and circumstances around you? How do you know the truth isn’t altered in any way? Well I could go on and on and on, but then I’ll just say that as long as you have never been to one of those cities in person, you cannot be sure that they really exist for real. Never! You may have seen them on TV or read about them, but so long as your very matter and soul hasn’t been in physical contact with either one of them, then what you believe about them is simply a myth or an illusion. They're virtually nonexistence, existing only as electrical signals in your brain cells! Nothing more, nothing less!

“Believe nothing of what you hear; and only half of what you see” – English proverb. Don’t always believe everything you see, and most importantly always confirm. There are many ways to solve a problem, and it all begins with the way you think. Don’t always go for the conventional and always think outside the box. You don’t always have to believe and trust everything your brain tells you, even when you know it's the truth. Challenge it, because when you do it realises that the status quo is no longer acceptable, thus it must force itself to perceive things in completely new ways. When it does, your whole thinking process changes, and so will the actions and events around you, just to realign with your new way doing things.

If a tree falls in the middle of the forest and there is no one to hear it, does it make a sound? For me the answer is both Yes and No. Yes, because your brain expects the answer to be yes, and No because your brain is not there to tell you it just did!

So there

December 11, 2010 at 2:34am