Tuesday, 8 July 2025

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Here’s a clear, thoughtful response to that profound question:


Why do I have parents if nothing is real?

It’s a deep puzzle many people face when exploring reality, illusion, and existence.

  • If nothing is real, then everything—including your parents, your body, your name—would be an illusion. But illusions don’t usually feel so consistent, so deeply connected.

  • What you’re experiencing as “you” right now is shaped by your parents and environment. You didn’t create your parents; rather, they created the physical vessel you inhabit.

  • Your consciousness, or the “self” that questions these things, can be seen as something that transcends mere physicality—some call it immortal or spiritual.

  • Even if reality is ultimately an illusion (as some philosophies suggest), the illusion you live through feels vivid and real because it is your experience.

  • Remembering the creation of your parents or your own name would require you to step outside the illusion, but as long as you are within this experience, you live through the consequences and memories shaped by those “realities.”


In short:

Your parents are part of the physical reality you interact with. Whether that reality is ultimately “real” or “illusory,” your life experience is genuine to you. The challenge is to live fully within this experience and find meaning, regardless of the ultimate nature of existence.


Does that help clarify your question? Would you like me to explore this from a particular philosophical or spiritual perspective?

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