Reality

Pondering Thought #14

fact or fiction true or false reality or fantasy three things to think about

“Invisible things are the only realities.” ~ Edgar Allan Poe

“Everything can change at any moment, suddenly and forever.” ~Paul Auster

“Life is one big road with lots of signs,So when you riding through the ruts,Don’t you complicate your mindFlee from hate, mischief and jealousyDon’t bury your thoughts; put your vision to reality.” ~ Bob Marley

“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It’s a way of understanding it.” ~Lloyd Alexander

To Find Reality

“We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.” ~ Iris Murdoch

Reality Is

“Reality is the #1 cause of insanity among those who are in contact with it” ~ Edgar Allan Poe

Climate Change

We have to face the reality of climate change. It is arguably the biggest threat we are facing today. ~William Hague

We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality. ~Iris Murdoch

For What Its Worth

Welcome to the new reality.

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. ~Soren Kierkegaard

Loneliness Was A Reality ~ Stephen King

He began to cry, not hysterically or screaming as people cry when concealed rage with tears, but with continuous sobs who has just discovered that he’s alone and will be for long. He cried because safety and reason seemed to have left the world. Loneliness was a reality, but in this situation madness was alsoContinue reading “Loneliness Was A Reality ~ Stephen King”

Quote: Democritus – Empty Space

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion. ~Democritus

Thoughts

“Thoughts become perception, perception becomes reality. Alter your thoughts, alter your reality.” – William James

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Reality Quote ~ Jim Morrison

Clean Water

“Clean water is only as far away as the nearest tap, and there are taps everywhere. There’s a faucet everywhere. But the reality is, the water in our toilets is cleaner than the water that most people are drinking.” – Matt Damon

Know Thyself

“The aim of human life is to know thyself. Think for yourself. Question authority. Think with your friends. Create, create new realities. Philosophy is a team sport. Philosophy is the ultimate, the ultimate aphrodisiac pleasure. Learning how to operate your brain, learning how to operate your mind, learning how to redesign chaos” – Timothy Leary

Subconscious Mind

Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality. ~Earl Nightingale

The Past

Words

Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality. -Edgar Allan Poe

The people who say you are not facing reality actually mean that you are not facing their idea of reality. Reality is above all else a variable. With a firm enough commitment, you can sometimes create a reality which did not exist before. -Margaret Halsey, No Laughing Matter

Dream Quote ~ John Lennon

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Telling Stories

Everybody has a story to tell Whether its fiction or reality interesting humorous or boring we should all give it a listen as we may learn something new and it might give the teller a stronger voice Yes we all are story tellers

There’s….

There’s reality then there’s Trump

Iris Murdoch

Born: July 15, 1919 – Died: February 8, 1999 AZQuotes.com

When You Can’t Fall Asleep ~ Dr. Seuss

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Marcel Proust Quote

Born: July 10, 1871 – Died: November 18, 1922

Fantasy

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Jane Wagner Quote On Reality

Wordables

A book a day keeps reality away

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Sunday Quote

Reality

“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.” – Albert Einstein

Edgar Allan Poe Quote

“Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.” – Edgar Allan Poe http://www.bquot.es/s/2216

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Opinions

But opinions, judgements, memories, dreaming about the future–ninety percent of the thoughts spinning around in our heads have no essential reality. — Charlotte J. Beck

Reality

To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Adult Realizations

From my email inbox: 1. Sometimes I’ll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is. 2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you’re wrong. 3. I totally take back all those times I didn’t want to nap when I was younger.Continue reading “Adult Realizations”

How do we know….

How do we know that the sky is not green and we are all colour-blind? – Author Unknown

Existence or consciousness is the only reality,… Ramana Maharshi

Existence or consciousness is the only reality. Consciousness plus waking, we call waking. Consciousness plus sleep, we call sleep. Consciousness plus dream, we call dream. Consciousness is the screen on which all the pictures come and go. The screen is real, the pictures are mere shadows on it. -Ramana Maharshi

What is Reality? – Richard Rose

What is reality? We can only the truth by teaching ourselves to face the truth in all things. If we encourage our computer to come up with erroneous answers, because they are more desirable, then we are developing a computer that we may never be able to trust. Truth is that which Is. -Richard Rose