Solipsism

I`ve been doing some research on Solipsism (which progresses after the original statement by Rene Descartes, "I think, therefore I am." has been established) and some of the arguments associated with it.

Solipsism - the idea that one's own mind is all that exists. Solipsism is an epistemological or ontological position that knowledge of anything outside one's own specific mind is unjustified. The external world and other minds cannot be known and might not exist.

Some people believe this to be true, that your life and environment are nothing more than a projection based on one's own "divided consciousness." This divided consciousness constitutes the walking, talking beings that we interact with every day which we (according to Solipsism) mistakenly call our friends, neighbors, and family. By interacting with these people we are supposedly only interacting with another division of our consciousness which we have no control or knowledge of. We can predict what these people can do, given knowledge of how these beings have acted in the past and what not.. But according to Solipsism we dictate what that person does. So is it really prediction?

Rather than saying what you do or do not know about others, what about yourself? There are obviously some entities that you may or may not have created within your "divided consciousness" that can hurt you. This would imply that you yourself have conspired a way to either seriously hurt or kill yourself. This would make you masochistic or suicidal by definition if you do decide to enter your environment, but you have that choice. There are things that you can surely predict can hurt or kill you based on what you already know.

For example: You have the forethought to know not to go into a dark alley in the middle of the night because there may be an object of your "divided consciousness" lurking to do you harm, thus you stray away. This thought would also indicate that you are having an internal battle with yourself over whether or not you should live.

Horrible things could happen to you by the hand of your divided consciousness, why would you do that to yourself?

If this is even remotely true, then that would imply you have a "divided consciousness" conspiring towards being happy, sad, angry, hurt, dead etc.. But the only form of "divided consciousness" you have the ability to tap into is the consciousness of staying alive and questioning solipsism.

A question could entail: Are you a masochist? Not primarily, but I have the ability to be.

Under this declaration you already have every possible form of mentality set up in your divided consciousness. Would it be ridiculous to say you taught yourself the English language from nothing since nothing exists besides your "divided consciousness?"

Another concept, do you believe history prior to when you were born? If you said yes, then it is a direct contradiction. History prior to your existence should be false if you weren't there to conjure it up.

One step further, your birth. You mean to believe that your divided consciousness created you before your divided consciousness even existed?

I just find it bizarre that a solipsist has the ability to unknowingly control the environment, but does not have the ability to control his/herself. If a solipsist can create, populate, and maintain a world, then the solipsist should easily be able to take on control of his or her emotions, which doesn't seem at all possible.

That would make you a slave to your feelings.. But in control of everything else? Wouldn't feelings be created by the solipsist? The solipsist can't handle something created by themselves?

If one has the ability to overcome emotions then solipsism only "might" be an option as a rational explanation for the way the world is.

Here I am..

Rock you like a hurricane.

That was terrible. But really, I think I made one of these when I was younger then lost interest. Personally I believe it will be a good outlet for things that I think about on a day to day basis. Some ideas are more interesting than others. I`m going to be honest about why I am starting to write in a "blog," I go through patterns of ups and downs (just like everyone else) and this happens to be my down time. But the reality about this is I can (but do not want to) spend my time being negative and no doubt I may catch myself in that mind set eventually. It's just so easy to be negative! I`m sure a lot of "bloggers" establish themselves as the negative soul in the universe. It`s easy and almost fun to write, but it can also amplify your feelings and send one into a deeper level of negativity.

What is the point of living life in negativity? Things go much smoother when one is happy and positive. What are some universal things that most people would agree are negative in life?

-Money
    -Debt
-Relationships
    -Cheating
    -Lying
    -Insecurity
    -Game playing
    -Security
-Addiction
    -Drugs
    -Pornography
    -Sex
    -Alcohol

What is the common idea associated with all of these, "negative things?" Disappointment. Some would agree there are back door solutions to some of these problems, but other problems are deep seeded emotionally connected issues that one remains vulnerable to. For one example, cheating. Cheating is something that most all of us can identify as one of our greatest disappointments. Whenever we are in a relationship, that idea is lurking at all times.. If this is true, then we all essentially live in fear. Imagine life without fear. Better yet, imagine life without the fear of being cheated on. There are two ways this can be achieved.

1) Find the male or female of your dreams who will "Love" (which is a substantial subject I`ll probably get to one day) you and treat you with utmost respect. This person would never ever ever even think about cheating on you, and you have faith in that. But isn't faith a form of defense against something you fear? Faith is a shield of delusional invulnerability to whatever it is you feel can cause you harm. So you may feel confident in the other person, but in reality it is nothing more than a false sense of security. Not there's anything wrong with that, I mean, many people live that way day by day.

2) Have the ability to identify what it is that forces you associate cheating with any feeling of negativity. If you can figure out a way to dismantle those emotional feelings of insecurity and selfishness (that's really what it is) then you have nothing to be afraid of. If you can genuinely survive the god forbidden sin of infidelity from your partner without feeling any trace of contempt or discomfort then you are one step closer to a happy life. Think about how many lives have been limited, or ruined because of the concept of "cheating." If you don't mind finding out about adultery then you wont take offense. This is a conservative approach given you find a guy or girl that holds a strong set of values right off the bat so cheating would be most unlikely. That way if she commits an act of "cheating," you wont miss a step. This is something you have already tackled and have prepared for, allowing you to shrug your shoulders and move on in your life. There are better things to be upset with. I couldn't find a way to justify cheating on anyone, but it is something most people have to face eventually if they haven't already from a current or part partner. Funny thing that I just noticed is this is almost a sociopathic approach to being able to tackle problems. Imagine the mental power you can maintain if you have the power to take control of your emotional connections and reach a level of emotional efficiency.

Let me define that term:

Emotional Efficiency - To maximize happiness, and minimize sadness (like economical efficiency of maximizing profit, and minimizing expenses).

Second guessing that statement, emotional efficiency is not fairly categorized with the word "sociopath" because sociopaths have an absence of emotional connection with things they have no control over.

Next thought...

I`ll be thinking about a possible route to execute emotional efficiency, and post it next. I could even try it myself. We`ll see.

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EDIT: I have recently rejected this idea and type of thinking :)