Illusions and reality and the pure self

Hey it is all an illusion. My physical body is real. Right? But everything else is an illusion. If we create all these illusions in our mind then we can reconfigure reality by just altering our illusions. Are the illusions useful? Well we do need some constructs in order to function. We need to get up, do work and satisfy the requirements for food, shelter and safety. But other than that? It is all up in the air.

If we are able to reconfigure reality - what type of reality do we want to create? I want the most pared down reality I can create. And reality in this case, is really another illusion. We don't have a real world - we have an envisioned one. Finally, the envisioned world is taken even one step further in our writings - into a created world in words.

What then is real? I don't know. I just think some things are more real than other things. My mind tells me that my body is real. It functions. It eats, drinks, excretes, makes loves and does the usual aging business. So if it does biological functions - it must be real right? I can touch my hands and legs and body and therefore I know it exists in some sort of molecular arrangement that is "real".

But if my mind were not able to make these estimations would my body then be real to me or if I am oblivious to my body in some sort of mental degeneration - would my body still be real? Is something real if the mind sees it as real or does it have to fulfill certain requirements such as occupy space in some sort of physical dimensions?

If I am mostly an illusion except when I occupy physical space and am recognized to occupy this space by my mind (i.e. real body) - then I don't really exist other than in multiple illusive forms. If multiplicity of selves exist - then who is the real self?

Good question. I don't know. All I know is that all the selves I currently harbor are in response to external factors and requirements. I - the self - apart from reactions to others - does not exist.

How do you get a self that is uninspired by others? How do you get a pure self? I don't know. All I know is that you have to shed the other selves that you acquire as you go through life in order to get closer to the pure self.

What is the pure self? The self we all are born with that gets fucked up by growing up among the illusions of our world. I mean - the pure self is the one we are capable of being if only we got rid of the crap we acquire as we journey. Pure self. The best self. The self we aren't ashamed or afraid of being. The most powerful form of our inner energy.

I think if we are our pure selves we are happy and contented. We don't do evil to others. We are able to work at what we love and we aren't seeking external justifications, rewards and approvals. When we are our pure selves, we are not searching for anything. We are sufficient unto ourselves.

What the fuck am I going on about? I think it is this: if you are just that baby you started out in the beginning - loved and adored and you recognize that you are still that baby who is loved and adored then why bother to dash yourself against brick walls seeking something to justify your existence? You are still enough even if you are not in the eyes of the world. You are sufficient.