What if your reality is a hallucination?

Some people wonder whether what they see may be a misinterpretation or an illusion. Since your view of reality is like a picture you paint with the senses, and every sensory experience is created in the mind, you may wonder if your life isn't itself a  hallucination.

Each moment, you unconsciously insert new beliefs into your perception. They are forms of energy. They transform and materialize as part of your circumstances. Most people don't sense the ongoing process, but your own mental exercise continues, even now.

On some level, you engage in constant self-hypnosis.  You tell yourself to believe and see certain things, and reinforce this with repetition.  How you feel reiterates what you think.  The question is, do you make the connection? Are you aware of your beliefs?

If you feel dissatisfied, uncomfortable or unhappy, it may be convenient to assume you must be hallucinating.  Yet, it would seem as though you are not.  The physiological signs indicate otherwise. You do not hallucinate just because you don't like an experience.  This reaction reflects denial or ignorance about what you implicitly asked for (and got). 

Consider that under induced hypnosis, like on stage as part of entertainment or in a therapist's office, you would attempt and perform physical feats that you would resist under other conditions.  You wouldn't hold back.  You transcend your own defenses. 

In such cases, hypnosis prompts you to suspend debilitating beliefs and fears.  When you don't let them control you, then doubt dissolves.  You choose to view life differently.  You concentrate fully on your own energy and potential.  How you perceive changes.

As for whether your reality is a hallucination, reflect on whether you are willing to suspend certain beliefs and adopt others.  If you feel disoriented, does that bother you? What if you would benefit from shaking up the frameworks of thought that ground you?

Intuitive elements influence faith in yourself.  If you no longer favor aspects of a previous system of belief, then you can hypnotize yourself differently.  Pay attention to your conscious thoughts. You are your own hypnotist.  Reverse the process where it suits. 

Comments

[Bruno]

I often, as Eckhart says, watch the watcher, which means I'm aware of my subconscious and all the beliefs it wants me to believe. Those are the beliefs that need to be challenged when i feel, blue, down or unhappy - Why do I feel this way? What is it that I believe that has me feeling less than myself?

Excellent Post Liara!

[Liara Covert]

Bruno, in a book called 'The Mastery of Love,' Miguel Ruiz reminds us the following:

"There are truths covering lies, and lies covering truth. Like peeling an onion, you uncover the truth little by little until in the end, you open your eyes to find out that everyone around you, including yourself, is lying all the time."

Consider implications for your own hallucinations. In a given moment, as you discern which of your beliefs are truth or not, you will discover:

a) your mind is the root of your own conflict
b) no absolute truth is actually "right" or wrong" (it just is)
c) every experience is meaningful (no time is wasted)
d) you judge others and you based on mistaken beliefs

[Bruno]

That sounds like a book I would really enjoy reading. Thanks Liara!
Have a great day!

[Liara Covert]

Bruno, no matter what humans think they already know, they can always learn more about their resistences. How people generally react under emotional duress reveals they could behave differently if they were better prepared to recognize the psychological and spiritual meaning of emotions. Why not act in ways that enable you to understand?

[Donna L. Faber]

I do so agree with this! I would call the hallucination an illusion or maya, as the hindus say. The grand play of the Goddess! Each individual must first wake up in order to see the truth of their lives, and then what you call hypnosis, what I call reprogramming, can occur. You know, our habits, beliefs, etc., become hard wired into our brain. It is possible to reprogram them as you suggest.

[Liara Covert]

Donna, as we each evolve, its fascinating to begin to discern that our perceived problems arise when our original emotions become distorted. Our habits or patterns depend on where we come from, how we experience things and our level of awareness. When we permit ourselves to express feelings without repressing, manipulating, denying or altering them, then they flow naturally and dissipate without harming anyone. To wake up implies we begin to realize how we think and act to alter who we are inside. Uncover the truth.