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THE OBJECTIVE IS SUBJECTIVE, AND THE WORLD IS ABSTRACT
We are the thing that is alive.
We are the part that is everything.
Though the substrate of ourselves resides within imagination, we are real.
The fact that there is something rather than nothing, is because we exist.
So, what are we? We are the same.
THE OBJECTIVE
For the sake of argument, if all experiences (especially of the physical world) were actually subjective experiences created within our own minds, then would it make any sense to pursue the subject of “experience” or “existence” using only objective methods, such as the scientific method? Would it be fair to say that objective understanding alone would not suffice?
There are some objective examples, however, that do help towards the understanding of “experience”.
When one watches a movie, what is it that they see? They see a continuous experience of a story unfolding. The movie, however, is discrete. It is composed of frames of images being shown at a rapid rate, perhaps 30 frames per second. So, one can confidently say that a movie is…