[TraineeHuman]

One of the major discoveries of twentieth century Western philosophy was the discovery (well-known in ancient Eastern thought) that meaning always depends on the context (i.e., on the particular situation). Let me explain.

We know that the meaning of, for example, the word “this” always depends on the context. That is, its meaning is indeterminate on its own. You only find out its specific meaning when you take into account the context – such as the sentence it’s used in, and the sentence before, and any physical pointing that may be going on. Well, it turns out that in a very similar way, the specific meaning of almost any word, or thing, or action, also depends on the situation. A lot. And often a really major feature of any situation you are in is, of course, you. So it depends a lot on your perceptions, your needs, your preferences, your personal history/conditioning, and so on.

On the other hand, just as the word “this” remains the same, there are many features of any situation that are (normally) beyond your individual influence. These include all the laws of physics and chemistry and biology, for instance. And many higher dimensional and indeed formless features.

So, your experience of reality is always made up of all sorts of things that you can’t at present (normally) change or control, plus your own unique personalization of the situation you are in at any time.

The first part is exactly the same regardless of who experiences it – and it’s therefore “universal”. (I don’t like the term “Absolute” in some respects.) You don’t (consciously) create the first part – and therefore you don’t (consciously) create “a” full reality. I used to know somebody who often claimed to be “creating a different reality”. It eventually became clear that this person was a pedophile. So all this person was doing was lying, and telling himself it didn’t matter because “his reality” was different, and was one in which pedophilia was apparently OK.