How real is real, really?

11/8/2013

The other day I got lost in a copse. I mean really, it was not even a wood LOL it was just briefly and not very dramatic (looking at it afterwards). But none the less I went through the whole experience with real cold sweat, real wobbly knees and my heart really beating like crazy. Panic and fear instantly manifested in my body not only as feelings but also as real physical symptoms. Thank goodness I was only lost for a few seconds as when I realized I only had taken a wrong turning I quickly found my way back on track. The physical symptoms took a bit longer though to disappear so I took it really easy on my way back.

Now what made me have this seemingly silly reaction of panic and fear in a situation which was in reality not at all dangerous? Thought! I thought I was lost! While I was in it I thought this was real danger, hence the real physical reaction. When I woke up to the fact that there was no danger really, my mind cleared quickly and offered fresh thinking which led me to find my way out easily. Really, there was no real reason to believe my experience to be real, isn't that fascinating?

We do this all the time. We think and it appears real. But is it really real? As soon as there is a physical reaction it appears even more real. But is it really real?

It makes me think........... any physical symptom we perceive as real comes to our consciousness via our thinking. Anything we can EVER experience ALWAYS comes to our reality via our thinking. So how real can something be, when at any time our thinking can change? I mean, really?

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Franziska

11/8/2013 04:38:52 pm

Hi Katja,
dieses Erlebnis und wie du es beschrieben hast, geht mir sehr nah. Kann ich sehr gut nachvollziehen und ist mir auch passiert.
Alles Liebe
Franziska

Katja Symons

3/9/2013 02:48:24 pm

Danke!! Ist so schoen zu hoeren xxx

Blanca Sierra

11/8/2013 04:55:58 pm

A great description of a typical reaction to an unfamiliar situation... Like a defence mechanism or a way to start the adrenalin pumping just in case we might have to start running like crazy.... But all this is of course an illusion. Every single experience even our breathing is an illusion. Life on earth is like a very advanced computer game in which our inner world will be reflected back to us via the illusionary external world. Even our bodies are an illusion and also a reflection on our inner state of emotions, thoughts and state of consciousness.
We have to keep reminding ourselves though as the illusion seems too real at times.
thanks Katja for reminding me to chill and remember we're just pure consciousness having an earthly experience we choose for our spiritual growth!
Starlight Blessings of Love,
Blanca x

3/9/2013 02:54:32 pm

Thanks, Blanca! So true, life seems so real that we keep forgetting LOL I just love your analogy with the computer game! It's done so well that we forget we are in charge!!
Another thought is that we are already all we will ever be and that chilling and getting back to peace of mind instead of working hard just brings about the growth we want to achieve naturally from the inside out ;-)
Lots of love, Katja xx

Simone

11/8/2013 06:25:14 pm

Dear Katja,

How really is real,
Nothing is as it seems...
If you get from the emotion and can look.
you see how really real is.
you have it beautifully defined

White Love,
Simone

3/9/2013 02:55:58 pm

Thank you Simone ;-) Lots of love xx