A human point of view
Some time ago, I attempted to put my own philosophy in writing, and called the piece "What is reality?". [My own philosophy is highly derivative, BTW; I claim no breakthroughs in thinking! ;-)] Now I think I may have been wrong to start with an unanswerable question. Like 'does God exist?', 'what is reality?' has no clear answer, so speculation is ultimately unproductive.
Now I think the sensible starting point is 'what do I see?'. This holds me to a human perspective, of which I know a little, and which could prove useful and relevant to us humans. ;-)
I see two divisions: bodyworld/mindworld (i.e. physical/mental), and inside/outside (or me and not-me). These divisions are convenient and helpful in some respects, but not real. That is, the physical cannot be properly understood independent of the mindworld (and vice versa), nor can not-me be properly understood (by me!) independently of me.
Bodyworld inside: my body.
Bodyworld outside: the physical universe except my body.
Mindworld inside: my mind, thoughts, spirit, soul, etc.
Mindworld outside: all other non-physical-but-real things, particularly including the thoughts of other humans, individually and collectively.
The internal mindworld is divided into conscious mind and the rest: the collection of diverse facilities and functions we call the nonconscious mind.
Only two cuts, to divide Everything into physical and mental, me and not-me, and a third to divide the mind, and the universe starts to look interesting. Where to investigate first? Choices, choices....
Pattern-chaser
"Who cares, wins"
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