Reviews

What Is the Nature of Reality?

“On the day of our conception, we start believing and experiencing that we are a separate entity with an inside and outside world. It’s a human concept (that’s why it’s called ‘concept’-ion). We learn from the day of our birth until the day we die that we are someone born out of another someone. This process goes back until eternity. This experience of separation isn’t reality. Everything is connected! I like to compare it with a ‘temporary’ eddy in an ‘eternal’ stream. We ‘create’ in a sense our perceived, abstract world ‘ourselves’. We are creation and creatures at the same time—without time, space, and spacetime. The book The Abstractionist’s Papers goes into the topic of time, space, spacetime, and reality. I like the model and metaphor of Red Space and Blue Space very much. This book is for everyone who’s curious about the nature of reality. It takes courage to think, ask questions, and write about the nature of reality. I dare you to read it and think for yourself: What is the nature of reality? Is it abstract or real? This book will help you find out for yourself. A human being has the tendency (the majority does it) to live in the abstractions that it creates. If we individually and collectively could transcend and shake off our abstractions (like the abstracted self) we will radiate happiness and our experienced reality will become heaven on earth.”

— Gean van Erp, the Netherlands (February 26, 2025)