I, as a thought-form, randomly and subconsciously imagine/construct a universe and place a \"sock puppet\", so to speak, within this universe as a place of residence for \"me\", the \"human soul\"... this being merely a watered-/dumbed- down form of the original thought-form, a thought-form in a dreamlike state or literal \"virtual reality\", a thought-form that is at best only a shadow of its true self due to the inherent grandiose level of self-deception taking place. In essence, my consciousness is a fragment of something more, an entity far more complex. I can never know this for certain in my present state, because my true self has basically made it impossible for my present self to be able to comprehend something on such a scale. In other words, the \"real\" me is basically a being of unimaginable capability, and I/it made \"this\" me for whatever reasons might exist, or possibly for no reason whatsoever. The only bad thing about this is the possibility that my \"current\" self might possibly be nothing more than a tool, an extension, the \"sock puppet\". What happens when I reconverge with the original entity? Do I cease to exist? Do I regain all of \"my\" knowledge and abilities? Do I combine with the original entity to form a new, completely different one? Do I retain anything I have experienced/learned in this existence as a mere human? It begs consideration.
Of course, there are, by default, an infinite number of variations on this supposition. You are more than welcome to suggest any that come to mind which might appear more feasible, if that is even possible. I happen to think all possibilities are equally feasible/viable, although perhaps to varying degrees of desirability for obvious reasons. However, choosing to believe any one possibility is entirely based upon opinion and personal predisposition and preference, and as such is an unnecessary bias, although equally unavoidable, as it is just as effective as deciding by chance alone (i.e. drawing a slip of paper at random from a hat). I suppose the obvious method to ensure objectivity and simultaneously satisfy one's personal preferences equally would be to believe nothing, which is more or less where I stand currently. How droll.
A quick disclaimer - by \"more or less\", I of course mean that I choose to believe nothing in particular, save that there are infinite possibilities, all of which are equally possible, feasible, viable and so on and so forth. I initially thought that this would be apparent from the preceding paragraph, but as this is the DBB, I must endeavour to make myself quite clear from the start. The \"Ethics and Commentary\" board is notorious for open interpretation of just about anything, after all.
No hard feelings, as it does make for interesting posts.
Besides, I'm serious about sensory perceptions. They aren't solid, reliable data.
