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There is no reality except the one contained within us.
That is why so many people live such an unreal life.
They take the images outside them for reality
and never allow the world within to assert itself.Hermann Hesse
Infinite consciousness is the only reality, the only true reality, anyway, but consciousness with nothing to be conscious of is devoid of content – there’s no there there – so it might not fit our idea of what a reality should be. Hence, dreamstate. You are in your own personal reality right now – your own realm of appearance, your own dreamstate bubble, your own mansion in Maya’s house, your own theater in Plato’s cineplex – and that’s as far as your experience of reality can ever go. We’re not all in it together, you’re in it all alone. Nothing can ever change the truth of that, but through the magic of emotion, we can change the reality of it.