Fingers Like Fishsticks

Again, APJ. My mind is too quick to deal with the fluffy stuff in the middle- beginning, end.

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"He who sees everything as nothing but the Self, and the Self in everything he sees, such a seer withdraws from nothing. For the enlightened, all that exists is nothing but the Self, so how could any suffering or delusion continue for those who know this oneness?"
Isha Upanishad; sloka 6, 7

Solipsism is considered both a philosophy and a mental illness.
For doctors, existence of this belief is extremely detrimental, and fairly insulting. To think, this detached shell of a person believes that he’s not real? He scoffs. How absurd. He exists, he is sure of it; how else would he be able to enjoy his Merlot and steak dinners every Thursday night? Or golfing lessons every Sunday morning? And what of that time three years ago when his stocks went up fifty odd points and gained him a fortune three times greater than his first inheritance? If there is anything he was ever sure of, it is most certainly that.
For the bourgeoisie of the world, it passes into their minds, and they shrug it off casually. They have no way of proving themselves right, nor the other person wrong. However, if this really was true, why isn’t life perfect? If there was just one person who created everything, then why is there pain? Why do people age and grow ugly when we could have all stayed young and beautiful? Why do diseases rampage our earth and kill more people than any war ever has? It isn’t logical; life would be perfect if someone just thought it all up one day, because… why wouldn’t they want it to be?
For philosophers who speculate and dissect, this may be one of the more annoying creeds to come across. It is indeed one full of holes; it lacks real substance, except by the sole word of the solipsist himself. It is a belief that will leave one arguing for hours if both parties are stubborn enough, and in the end come to no conclusive settlement at all. It is seen as a rather petty argument, as the solipsist can always fall back on his own mind if he’s ever really confronted, soothing himself with notions that it doesn’t matter what they think, because they don’t exist. And, of course, whatever doesn’t exist doesn’t matter, and thus he is drawn even further into his downward spiral of egoism, of which he has no reason to remove his self from. So generally, philosophers are not concerned with such self-important creatures, and turn away from the meaningless cries of ‘you’re just an illusion!’ with deaf ears.
And as for the Solipsists themselves, they smile a knowing smile, settle back into their therapist’s velvet couch, and think of only one thing.


(sources)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solipsism
http://www.qwantz.com/fanart/03-Solipsism.png
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