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Once on a solo camping trip in Canyonlands National Park in Utah, alone in the gorgeous solitude, I was musing on the faces and maps etc. in the clouds. I knew, of course, that they were not real faces etc. and that they were illusions, projections of my mind onto the clouds.

Then I began to see faces etc. in the distant rocks, just like the clouds. These too, of course, were illusions, projections of what was in my mind.

Then I began to realize that the clouds themselves were projections of my mind, just as illusory as the faces--

And the distant rocks were also projections.

Then I realized that everything, the entire world around me, was projected from my mind onto a flowing energy field--

And that the energy field itself was a projection.

Then I realized that the only thing that is absolutely real, about me or the world around me, is God.

Later I discovered this concept in ancient (and modern) Hindu/Buddahist philosophy--the concept of the maya.

This is consistent with Christian beliefs.

Inasmuch as Jesus Christ is my only Mediator, Advocate, and Guide, and the only One to Whom I will entrust my immortal soul, I am a Christian.

This is my paradigm. It works for me. If it doesn't work for anyone else, so what? We all live in our own unique paradigms--or “frameworks” of illusions--and everybody else's paradigm is as illusory as mine is anyway.

Thats an interesting way to look at things.

This is consistent with Christian beliefs

It is, although many Christians are not aware of it. Also consistent with Islam. And Plato.

"This is my paradigm. It works for me."

So... what you're saying is... that when you fly in an airplane, us folks on the ground don't simply appear to be as small as ants... we really shrink to the size of ants for the duration of your journey.... hmmmm....

Thanks for sharing.