To me, the concept of one reality inherently doesn't make sense. Each individual's own reality can vary significantly from the next person's, even if they grew up in the same town, as part of the same family, at the same time. My reality is my universe with me at the center, as it is shaped only by what I have seen, thought, experienced, and felt. My experiences are unique to me alone, as my interpretations of them are based on previous experiences and my interpretations of those. My interpretations are based on how others, starting with my parents, have told and shown me how they interpret their experiences. My adaptation, rejection, or indifference to their methods is constantly changing as my mind encounters new conscious or unconscious thoughts.

This personal subjectivity in the interpretation of reality only deepens when other life forms are brought into consideration. The reality a dog sees vs. the reality a hawk sees vs. the reality a penguin sees is completely different from the reality I see, and yet, for the most part, we are able to live in harmony.

The fact that humans, along with billions of other sentient beings, each with their own reality, are able to coexist on the same planet, some as part of communities and societies, brings into question whether it matters that we find overarching "answers;" the "answers" themselves will only be interpreted differently by each person and, as far as we know, they will have no individual effect on the worldview of any given life form that doesn't communicate through words. 

In the midst of this chaotic thinking about egocentricity, I emerge looking for constants as, although I don't know if it actually matters, I am curious. The one thing I have found to connect us is "energy." We function with transfers in kinetic, potential, and mechanical energy, but in a larger sense, I think we are able to "feel" each other's energy. Run with me here: when you walk into a classroom after the previous class took a difficult exam, you can pick up on the feelings of anxiety and stress. When you walk into an awkward conversation between a group of people, you can feel the tension. When you walk into a room of people buzzing with excitement, often it is contagious, drawing in any newcomers. 

From this observation, I am led to wonder if there might be a plane or a vision of the universe that is shaped by "energy," the definition of that I am not sure, but I am including "good" and "bad," "divine" and "evil."