The whole world’s done gone mad [mind theory 2]
June 9th, 2006and I blame “Web 2.0″ .
That’s right.
I’ve committed sacrelige - how dare I malign
the darling child of the digerati?
because I’m convinced that the internet,
far from broadening our horizons,
has Balkanized them so that its extensive use
has conditioned us to the belief that
the external world molds itself,
or can be made to mold itself,
to our every exacting whim.
when non-virtual realities do rear their ugly head,
they’re the source of our savage denial and vitriolic hissy fits
which seem more childish than mature.
but how do I reconcile this delusion with
the foreground/background (FG/BG) mind model which, if applied,
would seem to establish the very delusion I seek to avoid?
the first thing is what FG/BG requires -
It only requires the individual and only concerns itself with individual actions,
unlike the New Thought/Wattles/Jarrett/Ponder school of thought,
which requires an individual to put thoughts “out into the Universe”
so that “the Universe” will act like Aladdin’s Genie - i.e. “our wish is its command”
second, is what FG/BG does not require -
It does not require “the Universe” to alter in any way, shape, or form -
save for its necessary reaction to [and/or interaction with] an individual’s activity.
so FG/BG, while concerning itself exclusively with our internal reality (perceptions, intentions, thoughts and actions),
does recognize an external reality that is not necessarily bound to correspond to our internal reality.
i.e. just because we can only work with our internal reality doesn’t mean that external reality can be dismissed
and/or subtly redefined into non-existence.
more later
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