reality as shared hallucination

what we see isn't all there is

meme by @logossoup

Reality. We walk through it as if it’s solid, immutable, an unchanging backdrop to our lives. But what if it’s not?

What if what we call “reality” is an archetypal hallucination—a shared dream we’re all constructing together, brick by brick, story by story?

Carl Jung dared to confront this unsettling possibility in his Red Book, a text so intimate and raw that he never intended it to be read by the world. He dove into the depths of his psyche, facing horrifying visions and truths about the collective unconscious that most of us wouldn’t dare to even glimpse.

Why? Because we’re terrified of what we might find.

Jung’s work shows us that when we refuse to explore the darker, more chaotic corners of our own minds, that very darkness spills out into the world around us. Our collective refusal to engage with the shadows of our psyche creates a shared “reality” of division, chaos, and superficiality.

We’re too busy scrolling through the curated lives of strangers, arguing over digital scraps, and building echo chambers to notice the cracks in the walls of our so-called “real world.”

Right now, non-human intelligence is being discussed openly in government hearings. There’s evidence of phenomena that defy our understanding of physics and reality itself.

[If you’re interested, I talk about my own experiences with NHI and anomalous phenomena in much more depth here, here and here.]

Mystical experiences once relegated to ancient texts—telepathy, multidimensional consciousness, oneness—are breaking into the cultural zeitgeist with the explosive rise of Ky Dickens’ The Telepathy Tapes podcast.

What was once dismissed as pseudoscientific ‘woo’ is now being validated and brought into mainstream conversation, revealing that these phenomena are real, and they’re shaking the foundations of how we understand reality itself.

And yet, most are still asleep, trapped in their own tiny narrative, too distracted to realize that reality, as we know it, is unraveling before our very eyes and revealing something far greater.

But only if we’re willing to look.

We construct this shared hallucination because it’s easier than facing the truth: that reality is more mysterious, complex, and interconnected than we’ve been led to believe.

Looking inward—confronting the chaos we carry—is what reshapes the reality we share. The world reflects the turmoil we avoid, and only by facing our shadows can we begin to dissolve the patterns of division and disorder around us.

Change starts from within.

So sure, maybe the girl at the party only came for the weed. But while she’s standing there, lost in her own haze, you’re sitting by the fire, daring to peer beyond the edges of Plato’s cave.

You’re holding the match, the flame flickering against the walls of a shared dream. It’s not about waking others up—it never was. It’s about striking that match for yourself, stepping into the unknown, and watching as the hallucination shifts and reveals what’s been hidden all along.

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