Ask Lewis: How Can I Define Reality?

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.</p><p id="6761">With a <i>“blank mind,” </i>you will learn to cultivate spiritual wisdom, creating a functional reality out of <i>“nothing.” </i>At the moment you empty your mind, you will create a new reality. It is the blank mind that is most apt to come to know inner wisdom. It is in a hollow mind that Wisdom manifests. It is also in such a mind where a profound clarity of thought arises. In this space, you can come to experience a struggle-free life.</p><h1 id="74a0">The Takeway</h1><p id="8da2">We can spend years and even decades looking for reality, never realizing that the power of any reality lies in its tranquility, introspection, silence, and ultimately, formlessness. Any scientist, physicist, mathematician, Taoist Sage, and Zen Master will agree; That form is based on formlessness. The great Zen teachers say, <i>“Look at a wheel, a water pitcher, or a room. You can see that the form and function of each of these lies in hollowness and emptiness.”</i> Have you ever thought of reality in this way before? — As the emptiness within the forms we create? So consider that to “see” you must return to beginner mind. This is how we can function with emotional balance and spiritual integrity.</p><p id="f2b9">©Lewis Harrison, all rights reserved.</p><h1 id="a302">Here is another of my story in a similar vein:</h1><div id="1853" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/ask-lewis-tips-for-transcending-what-seems-normal-95de725dbd56"> <div> <div>

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            <div><h3>The extraordinary thinker needs to transcend any concept of “Normal”.</h3></div>
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    </div><h1 id="4496">Before you go…</h1><p id="ca57">I am Lewis Harrison, an award-winning author of over twenty books on personal growth and strategic thinking. For over a decade I was the producer and host of the show<i> “What’s Up”</i> on NPR-affiliated WIOX FM in New York.</p><p id="812d">Now, aside from writing on Medium, and connecting personally with my readers, I teach seminars and speak on personal development, and life strategies throughout the world.</p><h1 id="146d">As a subscriber to my newsletter, ensure you download my free eBook with action-packed tips to help you in your personal growth.</h1><p id="e2c2"><i>Click here</i> “<a href="https://exciting-mover-2586.ck.page/6a672cc4bf">Join my group of 18,000 influencers</a>”.</p><p id="c762">All the best</p><p id="1f35"><i>Lewis Harrison</i></p><p id="0416">P.S. I am also on Substack at AskLewis.Substack.com. Check out my weekly newsletters there. Filled with many course options to give you insights into crafting a life of happiness, meaning, well-being, and abundance.</p></article></body>

Maybe you do not even exist? If you study the great philosophers and some of the great spiritual teachers throughout history, you will see that they often approach this idea of existence from many perspectives

Let’s consider that creating reality is not so much about giving form to something as much as it is the discarding of things. All realities may be no more than mental games or constructs — processes defining our lives and guiding our actions. What really exists beneath the veil of our intellect? — For many it is the emotions and subconscious mind.

There is a reality that we think we know but don’t truly understand. We live in change coming from a place we can’t remember as we move towards a future we cannot see. Birth and death are the only reality and we don’t understand either. All realities, other than love, are created by the mind through the influence of the senses. Their very existence is relative and dependent on interaction with the world. There is an authentic self that we know but don’t realize we know.

With a “blank mind,” you will learn to cultivate spiritual wisdom, creating a functional reality out of “nothing.” At the moment you empty your mind, you will create a new reality. It is the blank mind that is most apt to come to know inner wisdom. It is in a hollow mind that Wisdom manifests. It is also in such a mind where a profound clarity of thought arises. In this space, you can come to experience a struggle-free life.

The Takeway

We can spend years and even decades looking for reality, never realizing that the power of any reality lies in its tranquility, introspection, silence, and ultimately, formlessness. Any scientist, physicist, mathematician, Taoist Sage, and Zen Master will agree; That form is based on formlessness. The great Zen teachers say, “Look at a wheel, a water pitcher, or a room. You can see that the form and function of each of these lies in hollowness and emptiness.” Have you ever thought of reality in this way before? — As the emptiness within the forms we create? So consider that to “see” you must return to beginner mind. This is how we can function with emotional balance and spiritual integrity.

Before you go…

I am Lewis Harrison, an award-winning author of over twenty books on personal growth and strategic thinking. For over a decade I was the producer and host of the show “What’s Up” on NPR-affiliated WIOX FM in New York.

Now, aside from writing on Medium, and connecting personally with my readers, I teach seminars and speak on personal development, and life strategies throughout the world.