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4. The concept of existence
| 4.5 | The concept of unreality |
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| A good example of something that is unreal, yet provable as existing only to you is your mind– your own self awareness. | ||
| 4.5.1 | The structure of thought | |
| While you may be sitting in a room full of people, your mind could be wandering to a special sunny tropical island hideaway where you relax by the water sipping your favorite drink. Or you might be fantasizing about someone else in the room. | ||
| Whatever is in your mind is not real. The room full of people is real. Yet your thought exists. And even more importantly, your thought has structure. You are dreaming/thinking about objects and places and dimension– 4 dimensions (height, width, breadth and time). |
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| 4.5.2 | The “non-location” of thought | |
| Yet for the reality of your dream to you, its location cannot be validated. Sure the physical location of chemical processes in your brain can be located, but the actual island does not exist in reality-”like a ghost in the machine”. | ||
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