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Along similar lines, I was thinking the other day about reality as well. In class when we first starting figuring out how are reality was a sort of relative thing, we were asked whether or not that bothered us, whether it made a difference if what we are seeing/believing what we are seeing is whats actually out there. Most of us answered that, no, it wasn't completely disconcerting because thats just how it is. But even in relation to the things we've learned about, I realize that most people purposely alter there realities on a somewhat regular basis. This is, after all, exactly what drugs and alcohol do. They can make you see things more clearly, or see colors in a psychedelic way that you would never normally be able to see, to feel like you're flying or falling, to change the way you feel about situations, change your emotions, loosen your inhibitions. Even prescription medicines like anti-depressants or over-the-counter pain relievers are changing the way we think and perceive what is going on around us and within ourselves. It's almost as if people are more inclined to try and get even further away from some universal reality than to try and find it.