Reality Or Fantasy?

by Tanya King

There are certain things in this life that really intrigue and puzzle me. The first one being, If we see the world only as we imagine it, how can we define what is real and what is not, and are things really here? How do we see things the same if we all have different minds?

I wonder if anybody out there knows how to separate reality from fantasy? What is real and what is in our imaginations? What would the world be like if we did not think? If we did not have imaginations would the world still exist?

I do not believe that anyone has the answers to these problems, as we will probably never know. I personally believe that without our imaginations the world would be blank and uniform. But in our minds we can separate what is true and what is not. The things in my life that are most important to me will always be there no matter what. The things in life that will always be there are the real things...but are they real or not?

Friends

It seems to me through this life that there are many people that are susceptible to rejection and abuse, both physical and mental. On different levels, not only through relationships or family even but also through people you trust and rely on. You reach a place in your head when you start to doubt yourself and ask yourself meaningless questions that only you can answer.

At these low points in your life you question your individuality, your human rights and weather or not you deserve to be on this earth. But we must all endure these experiences to give us knowledge of existence, and how to deal with things and move on. It is difficult to grab these concepts but when u realise how to deal with them you look towards the people you have got. In my personal opinion I could not live without my friends. Although family are supportive and can offer good advise, they are not there to share your hidden secrets with and have a good time with.

Friends are the most sacred people in your life. Without them you would feel lost and more vulnerable to being hurt because no one would be there to give you support. To me, I feel like they are the only true people in my life and I could not imagine what I would do without them. But how can we feel emotionally attached to another human? What do they do that we cannot give ourselves.

Music

You cannot physically see it, but we know it is there because we can hear it. If we were born with no senses, would we have an imagination? I do not think so and it is for this reason that anything that heightens our senses must in fact be very realistic. Music heightens our sense of hearing and is a wonderful creation. Another thing in life, which I depend on, purely for enjoyment. It brings me closer to people because it is a subject that can be talked about and you can relate to people through it. It also lets you express emotions and feelings that maybe you cannot articulate through talking or writing. There are so many different genres that suit the personality of every human. There is such a wide variety of music out there in the big wide world and it seems to be that a different genre of music is created in the space of twenty-four hours. I have only started to get into the `alternative' scene and am finding the wide choice in music hard to understand, as there is so much of it. I find the whole music scene one of life's greatest conceptions and for this reason I think everyone should live their life by it, or at least be strongly influenced by it in some way.

Be it ska, hardcore punk, rock or jazz it can let feelings pass through your mind and body. This could also create a sense of fantasy. How can something that you cannot see make you feel so emotional and attached to?

Another theory

`We could all even be part of a computer simulation, like a game. Yet we would not know it, for we are just code running to be made to act, as if we were real, despite the fact we are not. Like knocking a man unconscious, and plugging him into a virtual reality machine. He would wake up believing what the machine showed him was real.

Unless we are just brains connected to a large computer network, which had neurons attached to our brain. Then we could have sensations fed into the mind itself, like a trip, but an everlasting one. A dream is not real, yet when dreaming you can feel pain, sense, taste, and so forth. Even fear. But yet, it is not real.'

From this theory I can only say that I believe what it says. It is one theory of how we differentiate reality from fantasy...and if in fact we really can.