Of Delusions and Reality

The Wishful Thinker posed an interesting question in his blog today:

Suppose there was a magic pill that created the delusion that Reality was meant to be Love, Wellbeing, Freedom, Joy, and Creativity. After taking the pill, you would wake up the next morning convinced that it was your birthright to have a whacking good time during your present incarnation.

He goes on to say:

Do you suppose that it would transform “reality” as we know it if everybody got infected by this delusion? I submit that it would … delusion or not.

For those of us who *know* that this is no delusion, the delusion would be in the eyes of those who don’t know the wonders of well being, freedom, and joy and believe that life is supposed to be a hard lesson to learn. No doubt this is the stance believe to be the truth by the vast majority of the populace.

I “swallowed” a pill similar to what he suggests, a bit over 10 years ago and went from a horrible life to one where I expected and knew that happiness was coming my way. It was a major change in my life that took less than a minute to make. Not many can make that sort of jump, but for me, it was a sudden realization that I deserved to be happy and I was going to be from that point on. It has been quite a journey. I have encountered many who did not understand the “delusion” and tried to battle me on it, but I have gone on my merry way, leaving them to their sadness, anger and frustration. Before this decision, I would not have been able to do this and allow the interaction to pull me in, leaving and leave me with the same feelings of sadness, anger, and frustration.

Now, if this magic pill was programmed to make the taker forget all past programming from the time of birth, where parents, teachers, doctors, government etc have told us what our lives should be like and punished us for not following their reality, then I believe that it would transform reality. If the majority of the world would take this pill, you would see the proverbial “peace on earth” that so many hope for finally materialize.

I don’t think the whole world needs to partake though. If enough people were to live the life of well being and joy, the light would be spread around enough to help those who are feeling despair, sadness, anger and frustration find their way to a better feeling reality.