Caroline Phipps

Keeping it Real What’s Your Reality? 02/15/2023 "There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception." Aldous Huxley   We are designed to be totally dependent upon external energy: Air, water, and food are essential as well as temperatures conducive to life. It makes rational sense then that the more we understand the realities of our existence the better equipped we will be. With all that’s happening today regarding what’s real, and what’s not real, as we’re increasingly subjected to alternative facts, media programing, conspiracy theories, influencers, virtual reality, the metaverse and so on, understanding our realities is more important than ever. So, what do we mean by reality? Can we know for sure what’s real and what’s not? Can we really create our own reality as many philosophies and spiritual belief systems teach us that we can? Consider this, every one of us has a different perception of reality because our reality is the product of individual interpretati