Defining an existence, when you are conscious of existing, is an extremely complicated task. Mainly because what you want to define is the same object as the defining tool... In other words, it's like being on a six-lane highway and trying to determine which of the six lanes the car is traveling on, with your eyes closed.

If you assume any number between 1 and 6, it seems like a rock-solid solution, to the point where you want to believe you're certain of something, but then the car changes lanes and with the change, it takes away your certainties.

Now, where are we? Did it go left or right? And how many lanes did we pass?

Sometimes you remember that there are also curves, slopes, other cars, bicycles, dogs, and even people; it's a lot to process, and even more to define.

We are certainly not autonomous cars. That already brings a certain security, the security of what we are not, much easier to define.

For example, it's very likely that I'm not a monkey, because monkeys like to show their teeth and I don't like to show my teeth. Certainty is difficult because we all have fingers, arms, legs, body hair, and we poop from time to time.

On the other hand, not being an autonomous car is a much more certain idea, because to begin with, the car isn't even alive. But then the problem of comparison arises: – “dead people are still people...” and it starts to get difficult again, both being and not being.

Another strategy, is to understand what one likes and what one dislikes. Well... I like to write, and to think. When I manage to finish something, it's a celebration! A silent one, of course, so as not to disturb the neighbors...

The idea of ​​control over reality is similar to what happens when you're in that same car and you see trees rushing past the window. If you don't pay attention, you'll think that your foot on the accelerator has some control over the speed of the trees.

It's true, you can indeed control the time, or the speed if you prefer, but outside the car, everything remains as it always was.

It's an exercise I do a lot, to understand the limits between my thoughts and reality.

I'm getting very good at it!

L.