Illuminati News: What We Can't Perceive While In A Body

On the Nature of Reality: You�re mostly blind. But this isn�t really your fault; it�s because of the shell of meat you�re happening to live in right now. Think, for just a moment, at the nearly infinite amount of things happening right now all around you. I�m sure you can think of quite a few things. Now, let�s talk about them.

You can�t see any of the infrared or ultraviolet light spectrum. Unfortunately, this cuts out quite a lot of things your eyes were built to see. Sorry about that. You can�t hear anything below 20 Hz, or above 20 KHz . You can definitely feel about 12 Hz, if you play it really loudly. Go on, give it a try.

With just those two examples, if you hadn�t before, now you can really start to understand all the stuff you simply can�t perceive. I�m sure you can think of five more examples of an immense class of Things that you can�t notice are right in front of you.

But it gets worse.

Stop for a moment, and try to notice as many possible things in your environment that you can, simultaneously. Notice that, as you start to identify more and more objects, sounds, smells, and tactile sensations, you can�t keep them in your head all at once. When you notice, for example, the pressure of your shoe against the ball of your foot, that distant bird chirping seems to fade from your attention. And let�s not forget about how much stuff you weren�t paying attention to when you started reading this. Let�s face it: We all live our lives with blinders on. We only allow ourselves to pay attention to 1% of what we physically can perceive, which is an infinitesimally small percentage of all the stuff in the Universe.

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And that fraction of a fraction of a percent is what we usually call �Reality�. We call it �Real�, as if it�s an unshaking firmament of solid Truth, that what we see is all that�s really �out there�. But you�re not even paying attention to the 99% of stuff that you can even sense. And this �Reality� is what we base our judgments on how the Universe �works� and what �should� be Out There. We construct our actions and reaction to this 1% of available information, and reject everything else in the Universe. And then some Authority comes along, and tells you that they know what�s really real, and that you should do as they do. Talk about the blind being led by the blind� or in this case, the blind being led by the incredibly stupid. �Okay, big guy,� you say, �So what�s really out there, if you�re so smart?� I have to tell you� I don�t know. I have the same blinders that you do. I live in the same kind of box.

But I will say one thing. My saying �I don�t know� doesn�t mean, �I don�t know, and I don�t care, because there�s no way to escape the biology of my sense.� I say, �I don�t know, but I want to find out. I want to try and see and feel as much as I can, I don�t want to take somebody�s word for it, I want to keep exploring, and figuring shit out. I want to walk out of my Prison Cell, even if I just end up in another one. I�m not content only seeing a fraction of what�s out there. Because hey, who knows what kind of fun I�m missing?