Posted: Jan 22, 2020 1:37 pm
NoemaNovel wrote:
Since everyone perceives everything in their mind, “reality” can only ever be what our minds make it, so that what seems real to us is real.
I think you can word this more clearly. Everyone doesn't perceive everything in their mind, there is of course much that we don't perceive, in our minds or otherwise. Unless your view is solipsistic, that nothing outside your mind exists, but I'm guessing that isn't the case.
If by "reality", you mean our perception of reality, then yes, your perception of reality will of course be the only reality you perceive. You have plenty of reason to think there is reality beyond your perception, though, and that perception is flawed. So if there's a will to perceive what's beyond the construct in your mind, then you need a method, and we have methods for that.
For sure, what seems real to us is real in the sense that you feeling something about a dream you had, or a feeling when you experienced something that you can't explain, is of course real. The only way they wouldn't be is if you were lying about them. But that does not mean your feelings about things is the reality beyond your perception.
Do you agree that if more people accepted this, they might be kinder and more tolerant to one another?
No, I'd say us insisting that our particular mind's view is what's real, which implies that someone else's is not, can lead to unkindness.