{"id":346,"date":"2014-03-06T04:37:20","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T04:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/?p=346"},"modified":"2014-03-06T04:37:20","modified_gmt":"2014-03-06T04:37:20","slug":"up-up-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/?p=346","title":{"rendered":"Up, Up, and…."},"content":{"rendered":"

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There are a lot of theories out there, about our human existence.\u00a0 Everything under the sun, from A to Z, has been entertained as the “reality” of our existence.<\/p>\n

Is it all as simple as what we think we know?\u00a0 Rolling out of bed in the morning, eating your bowl of Captain Crunch, filling up the car at the BP Gas Station, and pushing off to Dunkin’ Donuts… to make the donuts?<\/p>\n

I think there is more.\u00a0 Some people believe in Alien Intervention.\u00a0 Others believe in a bearded man in the sky.\u00a0 It all depends where you are sitting, I guess.<\/p>\n

But who knows for sure.\u00a0 And if you do know for sure… you are one\u00a0 SMART cookie.<\/p>\n

Here are a couple of theories which abound.
\nGreat glaciation.
\nSolipsism.
\nIdealist Philosophy
\nPresentism.
\nThe Multiverse Theory
\n… and the list goes on.<\/p>\n

One of my personal favorites…
\nPlato and Logos.
\nSo we all sort of know who Plato is. He is probably….the world\u2019s most famous philosopher. And you know how philosophers are.\u00a0 Old Playdough had a few things to say about reality.<\/p>\n

Here’s how it went with him.\u00a0 He argued that beyond our perceived reality there lies a world of \u201cperfect\u201d forms.\u00a0\u00a0 Everything that we see is just a variation….., an imitation of how things truly are.<\/p>\n

He went on to say that if we study philosophy….we have a chance of catching a glimpse of how things truly are.\u00a0 We little humans have a chance of discovering the perfect forms of everything we perceive.<\/p>\n

And the rest…. our boy said that everything is made of a single substance. Which would the mean that diamonds,\u00a0 egg beaters, and bird poop all consist of the same basic material.\u00a0 But in a different form.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Well now, it seems that with\u00a0 science\u2019s discovery of atoms and molecules… a lot of this has been proven true.<\/p>\n

Okay… one more favorite.
\nFictional realism.
\nUnderdog is real.\u00a0 So is Shrek.\u00a0 And Superman.\u00a0 You see…. this branch of the theory argues that given an infinite number of universes….. everything must exist somewhere.<\/p>\n

Harry Potter.\u00a0 Spock.\u00a0 And on.\u00a0 Yepppers….. all of our favorite fiction and fantasy MAY be descriptive of an alternate universe……a location where all the right pieces came in to place to make it happen.\u00a0 Over and over again.<\/p>\n

You just never know… is all I am saying.
\nTo take the other side of one of those popular catch phrases… I say….
\n“It isn’t what it isn’t.”<\/p>\n

And to illustrate my point….<\/p>\n

The Beatles said in their song, Across the Universe…. “Nothing’s gonna’ change my world.”\u00a0 Yoko Ono said… “You change the world by being yourself.”
\nIf that isn’t enough… Gandhi said… “Be the change you wish to see in the world.”\u00a0 And then…\u00a0 Margaret Mead chimed in… “A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”<\/p>\n

“I’m normally not a praying man, but if you’re up there, please save me Superman.”\u00a0 – Homer Simpson<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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