What I have been attempting to demonstrate in this thread is that we can create our own "reality" and that "reality" is what people think. In other words "intellectualism" is something that people do, they decide what reality is because ego = what I think about myself and reality = what I believe about life, the world and everything. Everyone does it. But it is like other things, if you know that people do it, if you understand it then you can make use of it to your own advantage.
But if you just accept your ideas as who you are and if you just accept that what you believe = life, the world and everything then it won't be easy for those things to overcome your preconceived notions about them. It is like trees and bushes. Some people just take for granted that trees grow and bushes grow, where and how they will. But other people realize that you can plant a bush or a tree where you desire, and not only can you choose where to plant them but you can also trim them and train them.
People used to forage all over the place for fruit and vegetables and then other people came along who realized you could plant a garden and have the things you want at your finger tips.
The type of 'Intellectualism' I'm not advocating is the type that says, "Planting a garden, that's ridiculous, you can't just make things grow where you want them, besides if Mother Nature had wanted fruits and vegetables to grow in gardens she would have put them there in the first place!" "And having your garden and your neat little rows of carrots, radishes and turnips is a LIE!" "Gardens aren't natural and everyone knows that carrots don't grow in gardens, they grow out in the wilderness!" "Besides, when you have your neighbors over for dinner and they ask to see pictures of the food you prepared in it's natural habitat, before you picked it, how will you will respond because everyone is going to realize that all you really are is a liar and a deceiver."
In the world where I live people never ask to see my childhood pictures unless they already heard a rumor (and believed it) that you planted your own garden and then they only ask for the pictures to let you know that they know, that you aren't getting away with it.
In the world where I live everyone thinks they already know pretty much everything. People know that carrots grow out in the wilderness, next to the forest and a carrot found anywhere else is unnatural and best never be eaten. The world where I live can be a wonderful place where you can have your carrots and peas and eat them too. But in the world where I live reeducating everyone you meet to incorporate your vegetables into their salads is counter-productive and it's best to overcome your own misplaced ideas about what is important and how things work and just get on with life.
