"I think therefore I am" So what is reality after all?

       So the old line "I think therefore I am." By Renatus Cartesius granted most people understand it as a statement of individuality and what went on to be cited as the birth of Western philosophy. Granted this could be argued but I am more interested in the meaning than what a websites cites.

       "I think therefore I am." So this is a pretty obvious point to everyone nowadays, but just knowing that you exist is not enough. What becomes important is in fact reality? Now I know  this seems like an obvious answer until you begin to think about it. first off what in fact is reality; reality is what you assume is in fact real vs fantasy. Fantasy being events that do not change anything on this planet in either positive or negative manner. All in all this is nothing to new. But my point of this is not teach you anything, I will assume that whoever reads this has already asked themselves this question at least once.

      So reality seems to be a fickle thing. It is both abstract and concrete at the same time; which helps to create something that is malleable. Reality is a series of events, truths and lies that you either learn or are taught at some point. Granted the survival instincts plays at a very base level. Since we all know this we could almost all agree then, since we are not all taught the same things and do not have the same life experiences reality therefore can not be very black and white. Even something as simple as what color is which is arbitrary. The same goes for time. Minus Earths rotation, but even that is not a constant. So when things as simple as time and color are so easily brought in to question what does that leave us?

      Now once you believe you have a grasp on what is time and something as simple as color you might be beyond some of us. Then you will be able to tackle some of the fun stuff like point of existence, if in fact there is one at all. OK there is one, that was an easy one. Now what you could ask yourself is what is our primary mission in life and what be a secondary one? Now some will tell you that continuation of the species is the primary job of all humans. I would disagree, but I do see the importance of keeping the species going. Though is having a child more important then creating science or art? 

    If reality is subjective then are there levels of reality? If so, is one more "real" then another? If that is the case that there are multiple versions of reality do we owe it to ourselves to experience as many as we can? To answer the question you be forming after reading that question, yes, I am saying that all psychotropic drugs should be legal. Not so much because some people claim it is "fun" but I am for their legality to help all human beings if they so choose to experience every type of  the human experience.

   So with these simple questions I hope that someone will read this and question if only for a second. What is truth and is reality an absolute for everyone; and if not are we in fact all contributing to what is reality? If that is the case are we possibly working as one mind on a basic subconscious level to shape what is what was and what is important enough to be what is? If that is true then is individuality not so much a fact as the human race has chosen instinctually what they are to become in the greater scheme of what positions are needed to advance the species as a whole by geographical location? With some randomness thrown in such as ever changing weather patterns to disrupt what should be to what is. 

   In any case "I think therefore I am." Has been a very important realization for mankind. It helped us advance humanity just a little, and got the ball rolling in the West to help us to begin to question what is in fact reality and self. Something that might just help us advance to the next stage in our evolutionary step if we can ever fully understand what is and what is not. If in fact there is nothingness.