Do you believe perception alters reality?

[IronMonk]

heheh, i have a great quote for you jaimie,

last night i had a dream that i was the most beautifull of butterflies, everything was real, or is it just that i am a butterfly that is dreaming I am Cheng Tzu"

if you want a really really interesting look at reality take a look at a guy called Pyrrho, it was his idea that absolutly nothing existed as we percive it, thus, you couldnt know anything at all, things could only appear to be that way. Pyrrho had to be followed everywhere because he wouldnt bother to get out of the way of things like carrages, he wouldnt bother avoiding angry dogs, or from falling into holes. to him the only thing that he trusted was his own mind, nothing else.

jamie this goes along with what you said, this is my particular views on life,

every person is only a creature of the multitude of choices we make every day. but each choice we make is loosely based on the choices we have made in the past. thus as you go along ini life you become more dead to the world, you stop having to think, you are more or less on auto-pilot, if you want a good example of this look at your parents. so as you most likely want to retain your mental freedom their is really only one thing to do, subject yourself to the most broad range of experiances and choices. each person is mearly a child of chaos.