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Technically you are correct yes, because the whole of reality is all in my head.
Whoa.
Maybe don't take a nap or anything, okay?
You got it ;)
Is that you, Tommy Westphall?
Wow that is a deep reference, I haven't thought about that show in like 40 years. Nice :)
I was more referring to the Tommy Westphall Universe theory where nearly all American TV shows exist in the same universe within the mind of the St. Elsewhere character Tommy Westphall.
In case you weren't aware of this phenomenon:
https://www.mentalfloss.com/entertainment/tv/tommy-westphall-theory-unified-tv-universe-explained
https://thetommywestphall.wordpress.com/the-master-list/
https://nightingaledvs.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Tommy-Westphall-Universe.pdf
I've never actually seen St. Elsewhere lol
Oh okay, yeah I remember my parents watching it when I was a kid, I had to look up that character I didn't really know it was a trope. That makes sense for those 80s shows they were certainly all in another world lol.
Oh it's not just 80s shows, it's like every show. Including The Wire.
It's actually a pretty entertaining thing to read about.
That means if you can learn mental techniques to change your beliefs and perceptions, you'd become a wizard, reshaping reality with a thought.
We're all wizards really, we reshape reality with our thoughts all the time, all of our experiences and beliefs create a lens we see the world through. Our perception of reality can be vastly different depending on the inputs we have been given and the care that has been taken in allowing our minds to experience a life that is full of possibilities. A great deal of research has been done to manipulate us in the way of advertising that has been shaping our realities for many decades as well, much if it to tell you you need to buy x to experience that happiness that is innate in you anyways. It's all in our perception, at least, subjective reality.
I agree. The capitalists are using the media to brainwash us into a capitalist reality. We need to fight back on the material and mental planes. We need occult communism.