“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”

With more then 900+ comments on the question of “What is reality?” on the TED forum, Mexican Harald Jezek (Biochemistry and Biochemical Technology background) comes with some sort of an closing statement: 

• Did we solve the question of what reality actually is ? Probably not, however it was a good exercise in contemplating what it actually means when we say this or this is “real”. READ MORE… 

In 1930 Albert Einstein met with Indian philosopher Rabindranath Tagore in Caputh, near Berlin, on July 14 th. According to the historians they met to have one of the most intellectually conversations between science and religion. Read a small excerpt here. 

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• Science and the Indian Tradition: When Einstein Met Tagore (Amazon) (Public Library) 

On a what more of a personal note, on the question ‘What is reality?” comes from one my favourite philosophical film conversations, namely the 1981 Independent film “My Dinner with Andre”. Directed by the legend Louis Malle. 

You will need to watch the complete film in order to understand it’s nature, but have a look at brilliant monologue here – VIDEO: 

• Okay. Yes. We’re bored now. We’re all bored. But has it ever occurred to you, Wally, that the process which creates this boredom that we see in the world now may very well be a self-perpetuating unconscious form of brainwashing created by a world totalitarian government based on money?

Photo credit: Director: Louis Malle. Year Released: 1981 Studio: New Yorker Films. Saga Productions Inc. and The Andre Company.