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How do you know your perceptions are real?
Pain is usually an indication that you are bumping up against something real.
2 min readApr 13, 2022
* Punch yourself in the face — does it hurt? — Real.
* By examining carefully. still you can never be sure.
* Think about face. Your face long time ago. Compare it with your face today. Perception will tell it was You and it is you.
* Pain is usually an indication that you are bumping up against something real.
* Pain reminds you there are causes and effects
* My perceptions are based on my life experiences. As far as I’m concerned, my experiences were and still are real. Unless someone comes along and tells me I’m delusional — in which case, perhaps, I would need to reevaluate what I hold to be true — I will keep trusting my…
