About Steven AitchisonDoes the world continue when you are asleep?
This might sound like a very strange question, you might say of course it does and dismiss the question altogether. However, there is no way of proving this, when you go to sleep there is no way of proving that the world still exists.
Consider this question:
Does the world still exist when you die?
You might find that a little easier to answer. If you are dead, you are no longer part of the world, if you are no longer part of the world therefore the world ceases to exist for you, as your consciousness will be gone from the world. You might believe in life after death and say the world still exists, but what does life after death mean to you; does it mean you are born another person? Does it mean your consciousness will be transferred to someone else? Does it mean you go to heaven and live a heavenly existence? There are many questions to be answered on the back of ‘does the world still exit when you die?’
Who cares?
Most people don’t care except the people who are on a journey in life and trying to answer life’s big questions. Toying with questions like this is a brain buster and can help you on your quest for what Abraham Maslow calls ‘self actualisation’.
People who are growing and are actively seeking answers are the ones who will most likely find the answers, if you don’t ask questions you can’t find the answers.
There are many assumptions we make in our lives and it is up to us to start challenging those assumptions. Small assumptions like ‘drinking water is good for us’ or huge assumptions like ‘will we wake up tomorrow?’.
Questioning your beliefs, questioning your assumptions in life will do wonders for your self-development.
What are your assumptions?
It would be interesting to gather a list of assumptions people have in life, why not post them here by leaving a comment.
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Surprising the worl dosen’t seem to continue when I close my eyes. True there is no way to prove that the world exists when you clsoe your eyes…
True assumptions are like beliefs, for example I believe I am intelligent but in fact it is only a belief and that’s what it is. Funnt how no-one ever questions things like these..
Regards
Until about 2 years ago, I assumed God existed,
No I question that all the time
Hi Steven!
Back many moons ago in my 10th grade Social Studies class, our teacher (Michael Angelo I do not make that up lol!) posed a question (after his return trip to India):
You fall asleep and dream of being butterfly, but are you a man (or woman) dreaming your a butterfly or a butterfly dreaming you are a man…
25+ years later and I still remember that… who really knows what reality is?
Thanks again for another great post!
Thanks for this article on assumtions and how they affect our thinking. I will check mine out.
great article
“People who are growing and are actively seeking answers are the ones who will most likely find the answers, if you don’t ask questions you can’t find the answers.”
How very true! And perhaps a further clarification of “if you don’t ask the RIGHT questions…”
Thanks for the great post. I’m feel like I’ll have to sleep with one eye open tonight, just to make sure the world turns through the night.
It’s a funny sensation having your “knowledge” turn into “assumptions”, but a stimulating and challenging one.
Thanks for the thought-provoking post.
Gus
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I seem to always be asking myself questions like” What is my purpose for being here?” “Who am I “really?” “Is this all there is?” Here is one that I would like to ask everybody-Do any of you think that I will ever get the answers?
i would just to replay sharon’s message. Everybody was created for apurpose. To pray, to thank God for his gifts and to make the world better place. And each one should contribute with something to our society either to be adcotor, anurse , a teacher and so on.
hey! hi there … i shared the image question mark. just making you aware because it is the right thing to do. kind regards. myself.