Different realities

It seems that we live in one reality, which
we all share. But this is only one part of the truth. The other part is that
everyone of us lives at the same time in his own reality, in his own small
world. Macrocosm and microcosm. The own small world is like a sphere in certain
colors and so you perceive the big world through these colors, your colors. It
is like wearing sunglasses, in yellow, orange, black, blue, etc. So, for
example, if you wear blue sunglasses and I wear orange glasses, then we have a
different perception of the same object or situation in the big world, the one
reality.

A nice example is to compare the perception
of an atheist with the perception of a theist. Both live in the same world, the
same big reality but both wear different glasses. When the theist walks through
the world then he sees everywhere the wonders of God´s creation, the evidence
that God has created the world. When the atheist walks through the world, then
he is fascinated how everything has developed by blind coincidence. In the end
both are happy with their perception of reality.

A problem occurs only when both meet,
trying to convince each other from their own belief or perception of the world.
The theist cannot live without the Divine Spirit in creation and the atheist
cannot grasp the idea of a superior intelligence in charge of creation. Here we
see different needs, a different attitude, differences in nature. You cannot
force the theist to atheism and the atheist to believe in God. The key for
changes is personal experience and with this, changes in perception and
understanding. And even this causes problems as the atheist will understand all
phenomena according to his atheistic belief. So even if the atheist has a
vision of God or of angels, he will believe that he is hallucinating. This
means, that an extraordinary experience is necessary for changes in the
personal worldview, philosophy or own reality.

Let´s take a different example. Imagine
three persons discussing a topic. While one person has the focus on the primary
goal, the second person just wants to go home, and the third person is
emotionally upset because of the financial aspect of the topic. Three different
realities, three different goals, and certainly no positive result in the
discussion. In the end, this shows how important it is to understand the
reality of other people in which they dwell at the moment. And if necessary, to
pull them into one common reality for real cooperation.

Another, fascinating example: Today there
are a lot of people lost in their own reality while they are not aware about
the big one, the big world. In most cases the reason is the use of their
smartphones, texting messages while walking through crowded cities, or their
minds are full of thoughts, processing problems, being not aware that they have
a wonderful walk in nature or that there is beauty around them. Clouded minds
cannot see much.

For me, this is amazing because I enjoy walking
in nature, I enjoy watching people and buildings in the cities. I perceive
everything while others are with me but in remote realities of problems, WhatsApp
and Facebook. One could say that they are masters of meditation, able to hide from
the present world reality. But unfortunately, this is not a useful, positive
form of meditation.

In conclusion, when you meet someone for a
conversation, check first in which reality he is and then try to find a way to
share the same reality for a good conversation. And if you like, you could ask
why he is in this or that reality. What are the reasons? This will let you grow
in understanding and wisdom.