I’m experiencing reality only through thoughts

[How to be wise]

Today I had the most profound insight ever. What if I’m experiencing reality through thoughts? Everything you see in your daily life, the entire external world. What if all that was just in your mind? That’s the experience I had today. It lasted a few seconds, but was extremely profound. 

I had the insight when I heard Byron Katie saying that same thing. She was saying that “there is no reality outside of your mind. Absolutely nothing is true.” Of course I believed her, but I never really considered it because it was too obvious to me that the external world is real. But a few days ago, when I heard her say this, I thought about if this was actually true. All of reality, everything, is just thoughts and beliefs. No such thing as ‘being’? If ‘being’ is real, it is not what I’m seeing right now, the world of forms. 

In the ‘what is perception’ episode, Leo said that the external world is undeniable. I disagree. What if things are so radical, that even the very ‘obvious’ external world is completely unreal, and just your beliefs. Is that how much our mind is deceiving us?

[purerogue]

Well you can't believe or understand what it even means before you get this insight.

[Truth Addict]

Everything is not what it seems.

[Nahm]

@How to be wise Yes.

[cetus]

@How to be wise  Yes we only know the "external" world through receptors - the 5 senses sent as electrical impulses to the brain where it is decoded into a sort of "best guess" virtual reality.

Here's a fun little video for you consideration.

 

[Forestluv]

@How to be wise Those are some nice insights. I would just add that I've found that perceptions and beliefs are not limited to thoughts. With enough practice, the mind can go extended periods without thoughts. My mind has gone about 10min or so without a thought. It is an amazing experience of beingness. And I've learned there are still beliefs and perceptions without thoughts that shape my reality.

[purerogue]

6 hours ago, Serotoninluv said:

@How to be wise Those are some nice insights. I would just add that I've found that perceptions and beliefs are not limited to thoughts. With enough practice, the mind can go extended periods without thoughts. My mind has gone about 10min or so without a thought. It is an amazing experience of beingness. And I've learned there are still beliefs and perceptions without thoughts that shape my reality.

it is not about just mind, it's about everything you see , hear basically construct of everything.