Blog #98--Is This World Real Or Fake?

Ask anyone on the street whether this world is real or fake, and they’ll think you are crazy for asking. “Of course the world is real,” they will say. They have no proof except their own perceptions, which they assume are accurate. And since all their friends and family assume the same thing, they feel there is safety in numbers. At least, we all respond to changes in our environment as if they are real, so they must be real.

However, according to an article entitled “Are Humans Really Part Of A Game For Robots? Scientists Claim The Universe Could Be FAKE (yahoo.com, 8/5/15),” some credible scientists are beginning to wonder whether we are all being fooled by a clever ruse devised by someone outside the system such as aliens or advanced robots. For instance, Oxford University philosopher Nick Bostrom thinks our world may be similar to that described in the “Matrix” movie series. And Silas Beane, a scientist at the University of Bonn, believes he knows a way to prove this contention.

No proof yet exists to the satisfaction of a majority of scientists, and there’s a good chance such will not happen anytime in the near future since all scientists have egos that claim they have control over their actions. But I spent a whole chapter on this subject in my book “It’s a Secret, So Pass It On: a Toolbox For Life.” While I don’t claim to know how or why we might be living within a grand illusion, there is plenty of evidence for that possibility.

We believe we live in a world of beginnings and endings. From the Big Bang beginning to an eventual collapse of the universe back to its origin, we assume everything is finite. And yet there are ways of demonstrating infinity within this so-called finite universe, suggesting there is something beyond our finite concepts.

I mentioned several ways of recognizing infinity in my book, including looking into a mirror that reflects both us and a mirror behind us. Each image shown on both mirrors gets smaller and smaller, but there is no ending. Our vision limitations make us believe there is an ending when there isn’t one. The concept of half-lives for radiation particles never has an ending either since radiation must degrade by half before it can go completely inert, then another half, then another and so on. There is always a half that is smaller than the previous one, giving us a glimpse of something without end.

Our egos can’t fathom eternal concepts, but that doesn’t make them untrue. This is why we must consider other possibilities when contemplating the truth of ourselves and our universe. It is a truism that no two people have the exact same perspective on life. Each of us is made from the same stuff, but our experiences are unique to us.

Some of us are smarter than others. Some are more free-thinking and less burdened by fear than others. Some have had more opportunities to learn than others. Some have better senses and instincts than others. Some have definitions of words and concepts that differ from others. Some have been taught things that are diametrically opposed to what others have learned.

With all these differences, one could conclude with some certitude that each of us lives in his or her own separate universe. This isn’t true, but it is indeed how we relate to others in our lives. We have egos that separate rather than unite, convincing us our world is not only separate from that of others, but it is also somehow better simply because we want to believe that is the case. If we cannot perceive our connections with each other, there is no way we can conclude that we are part of an eternal energy that has no beginning or ending.

Thus, if we are operating within someone else’s computer program, we cannot escape it. We are slaves to its programming, both individually and collectively. The likelihood of robots or aliens creating this limited, finite world for us, possibly as a learning center for undeveloped souls, is doubtful.

After all, something had to create them; they may also be living within someone else’s computer program that they are replicating on a smaller scale. Like philosophers have speculated, given the fact the same relationships exist both within one atom and the universe in general, our entire universe may be nothing more than one drop of water within someone else’s ocean. Or each atom within our universe may be someone else’s entire universe.

Asking such a question within the framework of the ego is like asking which came first, the chicken or the egg. In both cases, we end up spinning in a circle of conflicting thoughts because neither existed prior to the other. If they appeared simultaneously, one must wonder if something was created from nothing, or if the whole thing is an elaborate illusion that we ourselves create artificially to explain our individualized world. Or, if someone did create us and the computer simulation we call life, then who created them? You see, that is another infinite concept our egos cannot comprehend.

While I cannot state who or what created us or the system within which we believe we live, I have no doubt our individualized perceptions are incorrect. For now, perhaps that is the best we can do. If we can let go of that which is untrue, all that is left is the truth. Whatever that truth is, we will undoubtedly be shocked and possibly amused at how confused we’ve been all this time.

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