Are We All Experiencing the Same Reality?

by Nikki Sapp

“Quantum physics tells us that nothing that is observed is unaffected by the observer. That statement, from science holds an enormous and powerful insight. It means that everyone sees a different truth, because everyone is creating what they see.” ~ Neale Donald Walsch

The idea that reality is not set in stone, is a difficult idea to understand, and one that quantum physicists and metaphysicians alike are beginning to explore more in depth and actually agree upon.

I won’t pretend to know and be able to explain the scientific aspects of this theory, but I can speak from my own level of consciousness which comes from my own “aha moments” and spiritual understandings of life. From the spiritual side of things, we have heard the saying “reality is an illusion,” from more than one teacher. The book, “The Tao of Wu”, stated, “When Buddha says ‘all is an illusion’ he isn’t saying that nothing is real. He’s saying that your mind’s projection on to reality are illusions. He’s saying that the elements in the universe that form every physical thing we see – solid, liquid, gas – if they’re taken down to a subatomic level, they don’t exist. Therefore all we see is an illusion, because it’s shape or form, not true essence.”

This explains somewhat from a physics level, at it’s lowest form (a subatomic level), matter does not actually exist, and it comprises 99% empty space. But what does all this mean on a practical level? And is there a way to test this theory ourselves, to show that not everyone is actually experiencing the same reality?

“The whole universal consciousness created the individual consciousness of each of us, experiencing itself from different perspectives, in which each of us creates the life we experience.” ~ Unknown

It seems that almost everyone you meet has their own “platform”, something that they stand for, some moral standpoint (no matter how big or small) that they believe in and these beliefs represents who they are as a person. Some people are convinced that the world is going downhill at a rapid pace and if we don’t save it we will all be wiped off the face of the planet, while some people don’t see the world from this perspective at all.

While for some people saving the bumblebees might be the biggest crisis facing the world, for instance, another person may be completely convinced that the corruption of the government is our biggest problem here. And while many will agree that there are 7 billion different perspectives happening here, what they may not realize is that this is actually the proof that we are not all experiencing the same reality.

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