absolute reality
What truly is
Absolute reality is what exists independently of perception, interpretation, or context—reality as it truly is rather than as it appears.
The term belongs to philosophy and metaphysics, where it contrasts with relative or perceived reality: Can we ever access absolute reality, or only our experience of it?
Religious and mystical traditions often identify absolute reality with God or ultimate being.
- thing-in-itselfReality apart from perception
- non-dualityAbsence of fundamental division
- oversoulUniversal unifying consciousness
- transcendenceSurpassing usual limits
- true natureAuthentic character underneath
metaphysics · dharmakaya · formlessness · immutability · eternal truth · allegory of the cave · ontology · nirvana · Upanishads · enlightenment · Platonic ideals · truth · beyond words · godhead · Brahman · unchanging · boundless · oneness
absolute realityillusion
Misleading sensory impression
maya · becoming · flux · appearance · phenomena
absolute realitymere appearance
seeming · simulacrum · semblance · illusion · façade
absolute realitysubjective reality
Experience shaped by individual perception
social construct · interpretation · belief · opinion · convention
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