I have 2 questions to ask.

[worldtalker]

I'm NOT being a smart a$$ either.

How do you know you are awake?

How do you know 1+1=2?



Answer honestly.


GOD Bless

Chris

 

[Limitool]

"How do you know you are awake?" Well... I guess I really don't. There are times when I'm "dreaming" it just seems so real. And there's times when I'm awake and the I've "done this before" thing happens. Could be a little confusing. So my "being awake" world is probably like everybody else's... it's just a "learned and natural" mode from birth. Meaning eyes open I'm "awake"... eyes closed I'm sleeping and possibly dreaming.

"How do you know 1+1=2?" Well Chris... outside of "common learned sense" and a better way... I don't know. Maybe because 2-1=1 so 1+1=2? I really hope other new math options don't happen today... I'm starting a new project today and I'm kind of "old school" in my thinking.

 

[Rebel - KGC]

Me, too!

 

[texasred777]

I remember, as a kid, thinking that maybe we are just a dream; that we are not really living like we think we are. As for reality? Who knows? What do I believe? I believe we are living, that we are awake when we know we are; yet there are times we think we are awake when we are actually dreaming.
Mathematics, well, we are taught that 1+1=2; but some of the 'new' math and some of the 'quantum' (?) theories try to tell that some of our teachings have been wrong. Again, who know?
Chris, you're such a 'deep thinker'. You think of these things and ask questions about them. I think such things; but wonder if I'd be laughed off the forum if I asked questions about them! lol lol lol (I'm not trying to make fun of you; or 'knock' your thoughts. I think it's great that you have such ideas to ask us about.)

 

[pat-tekker-cat]

"How do you know you are awake?" Through the tricks of the 5 senses, my friend, that's all.
It can be considered subjective, also.

"How do you know 1+1=2?" Well, it doesn't, always.
Say as, in the case when you put 1 cat and 1 cat together. That will usually add up to 9 cats.
You know, a mommy, a daddy, and 7 baby cats.

My best and blessings to you and yours.

 

[Muddyhandz]

Given the current zombie nation, I would say most are asleep!

Seriously though, that was one of my earliest philosophical questions.......

How do we know we are not merely a "Brain in a box" dreaming our whole lives?

Some dreams are really incredible......... I've healed the sick, murdered, had multiple affairs, flew in the air, walked on water, seen ghosts, found amazing treasures, ran from the law, went back in time, (no doubt a past life or two) learned so many things about myself....You name it!
The crazy part is how real it felt when I woke up in the morning! It was like I could add those experiences to my reality.

We all agree (in this material world) that 1 + 1 = 2 but on another dimension? In another reality? On a different plane of existence?

When in meditation and one is floating in space, 1 + 1 = 2 doesn't exist because EVERYTHING IS ONE!!!!

Thanks for the questions Chris!

Cheers,
Dave.

 

[Chadeaux]

Given the current zombie nation, I would say most are asleep!

Seriously though, that was one of my earliest philosophical questions.......

How do we know we are not merely a "Brain in a box" dreaming our whole lives?

... and if you had written that when you first thought of it, would YOU have called it "The Matrix"?

For me, remember hearing the expression that we were "made from dust". Shortly after hearing that, I first noticed specs of dust in a sunbeam and wondered if all of those specs were actually smaller versions of where I lived.

Years later, saw a Sci-Fi show which was pretty much the same.

 

[Rebel - KGC]

... and if you had written that when you first thought of it, would YOU have called it "The Matrix"?

For me, remember hearing the expression that we were "made from dust". Shortly after hearing that, I first noticed specs of dust in a sunbeam and wondered if all of those specs were actually smaller versions of where I lived.

Years later, saw a Sci-Fi show which was pretty much the same.

LOL! "Me, Myself, & I"; brings up the COSMIC question "WHO am I"...? A SPIRITUAL BEING having HUMAN experiences, good AND bad!

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

I don't think we ever are awake in this life.....and 1+1=2 are just symbols we learn as a child

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

LOL! "Me, Myself, & I"; brings up the COSMIC question "WHO am I"...? A SPIRITUAL BEING having HUMAN experiences, good AND bad!

Its funny because when was around 10 or so, i used to ask myself.. "What Am I"...But than again...my parents kept the house a little tooo "Smokey"

 

[bigscoop]

"Why was I born me, in this region, to this family?"
"Why was I not born over there, in that image, to that family?"
"Why are my natural born instincts and interest different then others?"

"The best way to create mysteries is by asking questions that have no clear answers."

 

[Frankn]

Am I really living? That brings thoughts of The Matrix movie.
Here's my weird view of 'life'. Basically I died during an operation and was out of 'there' for a few fleeting moments thanks to an anesthesiologist who was also a jerk. I saw myself down there and the female doctor franticly trying to bring me back. This proved in my mind that we are merely energy temporally encased in a body. I view life like a reel of movie film that guides our lives from frame to frame. It's like an autopiolit but since we have free will, we can overide. Some do and some don't. Hay, what's a thought worth?

Now does 1+1=2? Maybe! If you are talking 1 orange + 1 orange = 2 orange that formula is correct, but if you are talking 1 banana +1 orange, you have a problem. You see context makes the difference.
Frank...-

 

[JunkShopFiddler]

That's easy...If I decide to dig a mid-tone signal and find a pull tab...I'm awake. If I decide to dig a mid-tone signal and find gold...then I'm asleep.

 

[redbeardrelics]

Good questions, thanks for asking. “Seek and ye shall find”, applies to life and knowledge as well as metal detecting. The short and sweet answer is that we normally know we are awake, by contrasting to when we are asleep. We normally recognize through our senses two states of consciousness, and give them each a word in our language to identify them by, “asleep and awake”. When our brains are able to tell the difference between the real world, and a pretend, imaginary, and make believe world, we are considered “awake”. When our brains are not able to use our senses to tell the difference between real and imaginary, we are considered asleep. There are some obscure and usually theoretical situations involving the loss of all the senses, or mental illness/defects, that would require first further defining the words "asleep" and "awake" before answering.
We are all pretty much in unison on the definitions of the symbols "1" and "2" so, we know 1+1=2, by taking one item, adding one more item, and then counting them together and confirming we have two items. One apple + one orange = two fruits

 

[worldtalker]

Well.....I'll give you my answer to these questions,I see that I am,and,I see that it does.


Any questions?

GOD Bless

Chris

 

[TheGoldProspector]

I'm NOT being a smart a$$ either. How do you know you are awake? How do you know 1+1=2? Answer honestly. GOD Bless Chris

You are Always lucid, unless your spectrum has you within purgatory.
Rem/DMT wont allow any other way


As for the mathmatics- nothing is incorrect until proven incorrect. Bottom line

 

[Peyton Manning]

I recall this from an old math class. 1+1=2 only in a system based on one.

If the system is based say on 7 1+1= 14

 

[Rebel - KGC]

I recall this from an old math class. 1+1=2 only in a system based on one.

If the system is based say on 7 1+1= 14

Eh...?

 

[Rebel - KGC]

Its funny because when was around 10 or so, i used to ask myself.. "What Am I"...But than again...my parents kept the house a little tooo "Smokey"

A HA!

 

[Rebel - KGC]

You are Always lucid, unless your spectrum has you within purgatory.
Rem/DMT wont allow any other way


As for the mathmatics- nothing is incorrect until proven incorrect. Bottom line

REM...? A WONDERFUL Band!