Reality! What a Concept!
When I sleep is when I am the most awake. On the opposite side, when I am awake is when my mind sleeps. How do we know when we are consciously awake? Is it when we dream of robots dreaming of electric sheep or is it when the darkness of dreaming awakens thoughts best forgotten? How do we know when our dreams are actually reality? Some believe that dreaming is our crossing over into another plain of this space/time reality. The great comedian, George Carlin, once stated … “Reality! What a concept.” For the majority of my 69 years of life I have agreed with Carlin. Reality is a conceptual interpretation of what the seeker seeks to discover within the reality of the realism their individuality perceives. Often I find myself in a quandary created by my perception of my realities. I balance precariously on a fence post with reality on one side and my expected reality upon the other. It is not uncommon for me to question whether my dreamstate is when I am actually a...