What is Truth? Is there such a thing?

I am currently on a quest to define what Reality is. This has taken me on a practically literal roller coaster ride, with spectacular ups (including breathtaking closed-eye imagery I would love to be able to pass along to others), as well as some devastating downs (quite literally, it seems, with family, friendships, my health and my finances being some of the casualties).

I am not finished, by any means, as I see a lot of deceit in the United States government, especially in the Republican party. (I publicly called them out on that a few days ago, by the way, but people don't seem to care about that).

What bothers me most about this is how hard this is to maintain. People are being asked to live as if there is only one reality, with a rock solid commodity called Truth. And, in fact, laws are passed to force ordinary citizens to be truthful, among other things.

There is something called Fiction, which is a way for people to express what happens to them when it doesn't fit in with the mainstream. It obviously provides an outlet for often traumatic experiences. But it falls way short.

The problem, as I see it, is Trust. Is there such a thing?

I currently do not trust physical reality. I interface with it, of course. When I encounter a person, I interface with him/her. That frequently leads to a level of trust in the conversation. But then, I often find that the persona I interfaced with one day did not feel like the persona I interfaced with the next day.

Our houses are powered by alternating current. This means that Plus and Minus switches places every 60th of a second. This is a very interesting environment to live in, which is actually not physical at all, but an energy construct between two physical locations, usually kept in sync with each other. When this synchronization fails, there are consequences, often extreme, which can even show up in emergency rooms and courtrooms.

Another way to look at this is a mirror. You look in a mirror for personal hygiene purposes, assuming that the person on the other side is you. As I see it, it is! An alter-ego. But that doesn't mean there aren't differences. (You hear it on the news: "His right hand doesn't know what his left hand is doing").

This is only a beginning. Under the auspices of The Alida Institute, I'm starting a study, "What is Reality?"

I have a lot of information from the last few years. What it feels like to fall asleep, including feeling the transition (which doesn't occur very often).

What does it mean to dream? There's lots of info out in the public domain of course, but I'm interested in the infrastructure of wake, sleep and dream.

This is only a beginning. But all foundations and institutes start small.

Sincerely,

Kenneth Parker in Seattle, Washington.