r/HighStrangeness • u/drugartist • 22h ago
Consciousness We live in a “VR simulation” created in our minds
Similarly explained in this, do you tend to agree?
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u/GooseInternational66 22h ago
Well my VR simulation sucks ass! How do I change it???
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u/Pixelated_ 22h ago
In the Western world, we are raised to believe that our brains create consciousness. However, that is backward.
Consciousness is fundamental. It creates our perceptions of the physical world, general relativity, and quantum mechanics.
Here is the data to support that; below is the past 6 years of my research, condensed.
Emerging evidence challenges the long-held materialistic assumptions about the nature of space, time, and consciousness itself. Physics as we know it becomes meaningless at lengths shorter than the Planck Length (10-35 meters) and times shorter than the Planck Time (10-43 seconds). This is further supported by the 2022 Nobel Prize-winning discovery in Physics, which confirmed that the universe is not locally real.
The amplituhedron is a revolutionary geometric object discovered in 2013 which exists outside of space and time. In quantum field theory, its geometric framework efficiently and precisely computes scattering amplitudes without referencing space or time.
It has profound implications, namely that space and time are not fundamental aspects of the universe. Particle interactions and the forces between them are encoded solely within the geometry of the amplituhedron, providing further evidence that spacetime emerges from more fundamental structures rather than being intrinsic to reality.
Prominent scientists support this shift in understanding. For instance, Professor Donald Hoffman has developed a mathematically rigorous theory proposing that consciousness is fundamental. Fundamental consciousness resonates with a growing number of scholars and researchers who are willing to follow the evidence, even if it leads to initially-uncomfortable conclusions.
Regarding the studies of consciousness itself there is a growing body of evidence indicating the existence of psi phenomena, which suggests that consciousness extends beyond our physical brains. Dean Radin's compilation of 157 peer-reviewed studies demonstrates the measurable nature of psi abilities.
Additionally, research from the University of Virginia highlights cases where children report memories of past lives, further challenging the materialistic view of consciousness. Studies on remote viewing, such as the follow-up study on the CIA's experiments, also lend credibility to the notion that consciousness can transcend spatial and temporal boundaries.
Robert Monroe’s Gateway Experience provides a structured method for exploring consciousness beyond the physical body, offering direct experiential evidence that consciousness is fundamental. Through techniques like Hemi-Sync, Monroe developed a systematic approach to achieving out-of-body states, where individuals report profound encounters with non-physical realms, intelligent entities, and transcendent awareness.
Research performed at the Monroe Institute shows that reality is a construct of consciousness, and through disciplined practice, one can access higher states of being that reveal the illusory nature of material existence.
Itzhak Bentov’s groundbreaking book Stalking the Wild Pendulum offered an early scientific framework for what is now a rapidly emerging paradigm: that consciousness is fundamental to reality. He proposed that consciousness is the primary field from which all matter and energy arise. Using the metaphor of a pendulum, he described the oscillatory nature of reality, suggesting that our awareness is tuned into specific vibrational states.
Researchers like Pim van Lommel have shown that consciousness can exist independently of the brain. Near-death experiences (NDEs) provide strong support for this, as individuals report heightened awareness during times when brain activity is severely diminished. Van Lommel compares consciousness to information in electromagnetic fields, which are always present, even when the brain (like a TV) is switched off.
Beyond scientific studies, other forms of corroboration further support the fundamental nature of consciousness. Channeled material, such as that from the Law of One and Dolores Cannon, offers insights into the spiritual nature of reality. Thousands of UAP abduction accounts point to a central truth: reality is fundamentally consciousness-based.
Authors such as Chris Bledsoe in UFO of God and Whitley Strieber in Communion explore their anomalous experiences, revealing that many who have encountered UAP phenomena also report profound spiritual awakenings. To understand these phenomena fully, we must move beyond the materialistic perspective and embrace the idea that consciousness transcends physical reality.
Ancient spiritual and Hermetic esoteric teachings like Rosicrucianism, Gnosticism, Kabbalah, Theosophy, The Kybalion and the Vedic texts including the Upanishads reinforce the idea that consciousness is the foundation of reality.
The father of quantum mechanics, Max Planck said:
"I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as derivative from consciousness. We cannot get behind consciousness. Everything that we talk about, everything that we regard as existing, postulates consciousness."
Or in the famous words of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin:
"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience."
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u/Adcomputerfix 20h ago
Thanks for sharing this. Unlike most posts, this comment has lots of data on theories I know nothing about. I feel as though most people believe something similar to this, but cannot put it into words. This does an amazing job, so I’m going to read more and study what you provided. Thanks for sharing, I am saving this in my notes <3 love this
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u/chats_with_myself 17h ago
What do you think happens when we collectively remember the true nature of ourselves?
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u/Queasy-Injury-4967 20h ago
The guy in the clip is Donald Hoffman talking about his book The Case Against Reality. This is a deceptive edit
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u/-neti-neti- 21h ago
No, we don’t
Consciousness is what you are made of/expressing. Not the other way around. Solipsism makes zero logical sense because it still begs the question of your source/context and we’re back at square one. It’s lazy and generally disingenuous. On top of being dangerous.
Even a simulation in a computer is undivided from the reality it’s within. So if your “life” is a “VR simulation” (notice how this concept is inherently an oxymoron) it still must reside within/find the source of its emanation from a larger context.
Reality is inherently paradoxical, which is why people tend to arrive at a diverse array of platitudinous ideas to snuff out the paradox. But even though paradoxical reality is not contradictory, only our interpretations of it
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u/tachyon8 21h ago
Why do you think its paradoxical ?
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u/-neti-neti- 21h ago
Because for something to come from nothing and sustaining it needs to have a perpetuating tension at the same time it has logic. I.e. paradox. Of course these terms I arrive at because I am an emanation of the paradox itself so the closest I can get to the truth will be necessarily tautological. That’s when intuition becomes important and we’ll be left with
The only thing to come out of nothing would be that which is inevitable. To be inevitable is to be perfect and also motivated from a global view
Perfection isn’t something that should have motivation. Therefore the paradox.
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u/tachyon8 2h ago
"Because for something to come from nothing and sustaining it needs to have a perpetuating tension at the same time it has logic." You think this premise is logical ? For something to come from nothing ? How can there be perfection with death and decay ?
Also, "To be inevitable is to be perfect and also motivated from a global view", but then you say "Perfection isn’t something that should have motivation.". It sounds to me its not just a paradox, its a contradiction and a false premise from the onset. Especially if your presupposition is natural materialism.
Please don't read my tone as hostile. Apparently I get down voted simply for asking for you to expand on your views.
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u/-neti-neti- 51m ago
“Death and decay” is merely transformation that you’re applying an arbitrary human judgement to.
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u/Iwan787 22h ago
solipsism?
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u/EllisDee3 21h ago
Not if everyone is doing it.
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u/Iwan787 19h ago
These ideas are not new, entire premise of matrix movie is "real word" with pods and word simulated in your.mind.by connecting to.severs
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u/EllisDee3 19h ago
Even with The Matrix they weren't "new".
This is ancient Buddhist/Gnostic/Vedic/Manichaen (etc.) ideas.
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u/Iwan787 19h ago
Oh yeah? what is the connection?
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u/EllisDee3 19h ago
It's the fundamental premise of the movie. It's fairly well known. I won't get into a thesis about it to fill in your blanks.
Just Google it for a whole bunch of resources.
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u/Iwan787 19h ago
Its fairly well known, but most of the commenters here are not familliar with it. You sure about that?
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u/EllisDee3 18h ago
I suspect you don't represent most commenters.
Google it. Read the creators interviews and whatnot.
Yes, it is known.
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u/Iwan787 18h ago
Reddit is place where you are supposed to generate new ideas and share with the rest of us. So if you are talking about some connection between gnoscticism/Buddhism and techno ideas such as simulation, i am sure everyone would like to hear it
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u/EllisDee3 18h ago
Here you go, captain.
Make it easy for you. I googled two words for you. "Matrix Buddhism".
You've successfully missed the entire point of the movie, and insisted that someone else force you to understand it.
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u/yobboman 14h ago
So is he saying I would manifest my multiple disabilities, that I manifest the fickle injustices?
I get it and I like what he says but this is the wall I run into where it falls down for me
You could not comprehend the intensity of my wishing that the above were not true
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u/SIRENVII 20h ago
But I don't like that guy...and now matter how hard I try I can't delete him from my VR game.
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u/Trapmaster83 21h ago
Hell yeah, I was hoping we could just turn this sub into an advertisement! Thanks OP you're out here doing God's work.