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Personalized Reality?

I can appreciate that because the picture in our heads is not of reality but rather a construction of the brain it is possible to creatively change that picture. However, if given the ability to "eliminate" the edges, colors etc that makes up the picture as dictated by the nervous system, I definitely would not! I would imagine that reality without these defining features would look something like a hazy, kaleidoscopic maze where we would only be able to discern different energies but not forms. Whether the picture in my head is of reality or not, it is what allows me to read my favorite books, see the cherry blossoms and recognize my family members. It would be interesting to see alternate realities or dimensions, but everything that I love and know is in this one and I would not change that. I am glad to be aware of the difference between my I-Function and my nervous system and hope to explore the many facets of reality futher.

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