http://dananourie.com/virtualliving/2009/07/virtual-worlds-are-real/ Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:48:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://dananourie.com/virtualliving/2009/07/virtual-worlds-are-real/comment-page-1/#comment-282 graeme mackie Sat, 05 Jun 2010 21:58:28 +0000 http://dananourie.com/virtualliving/?p=361#comment-282 An absolutely fascinating discussion, verging on existentialism. In the context of the non-dualist view, the "In Person" reality - the human form - and even the world as perceived through our form, are themselves an illusion, created by the mind. The mind cannot comprehend the ultimate truth - that the universe, and us are actually consciousness - and therefore creates an the illusion of relativity, separateness, you, me, us, them etc (think I've got that right). So, and back to the point, since In Person reality is not as real as we like to think, whose to say that SL reality is any less "real". In some senses, one could argue that since we are aware that it is actually a representation of reality, we need not be trapped by it's illusory nature, in the same way we are by In Person reality. In other words, we needn't become attached to our SL reality, and hence can rock more easily, and have more mojo (as it were!) Do reply please, cos this is a great thread to play with. Graeme Mackie IP! An absolutely fascinating discussion, verging on existentialism. In the context of the non-dualist view, the “In Person” reality – the human form – and even the world as perceived through our form, are themselves an illusion, created by the mind. The mind cannot comprehend the ultimate truth – that the universe, and us are actually consciousness – and therefore creates an the illusion of relativity, separateness, you, me, us, them etc (think I’ve got that right). So, and back to the point, since In Person reality is not as real as we like to think, whose to say that SL reality is any less “real”. In some senses, one could argue that since we are aware that it is actually a representation of reality, we need not be trapped by it’s illusory nature, in the same way we are by In Person reality. In other words, we needn’t become attached to our SL reality, and hence can rock more easily, and have more mojo (as it were!) Do reply please, cos this is a great thread to play with. Graeme Mackie IP!

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