Dear miyoid:

“I think of double-slit experiment and I worry that the stuff I’m afraid can happen if I don’t put my thoughts in order“- if a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it (that is, no one is there to observe it), does it make a sound? Depends on how sound is defined:  if it is defined as a mechanical wave of pressure originating at the location of the fall, and moving through the air away from the location, then yes, it makes a sound.

If you define sound as the reception of a mechanical wave of pressure(ex., by an ear), then no, it does not make a sound.

“I worry that the stuff I’m afraid can happen if I don’t put my thoughts in order … (that) thoughts actually shape reality. This sounds like a strong distortion to a scientific theory… I wonder what strong or not strong opinions you might have on this“-

– unlike the analogy of the falling tree, the only possibility for your thoughts to make a sound/ to shape reality is if there is a reception to your thoughts. The only way for there to be a reception is if you communicate your thoughts to someone else (1) with words, saying or writing/ typing words for someone to hear or read, or (2) with facial expressions and physical acts.

For example, you can think in regard to a particular person: I hate him! You can even say it out loud, but if you are alone and there is no one to hear your words, then nothing happened. No reality was shaped. If you have this thought when in the company of others, but you don’t communicate it (you don’t say it, you don’t yell, you don’t hit, you don’t look someone in the eye, move your eyebrows close together and expose your teeth… then nothing happened. No reality was shaped.

Your thoughts are your private domain, your private matter. Organized or not, orderly or messy, nice or not- your thoughts are your business and no one else’s. They are a matter of no consequence unless communicated.

“I was preparing a letter for her, like the ones I write to you, diligently trying to express what happened and how I feel. After I get where she is, to give the letter, I realize that my letter started to melt…After a while, I realize that it was the right thing to happen, since it was rude for me to put all of my stuff there for that person to help me“- what an interesting, fascinating imagery, the melting letter… I don’t want your letters to melt. I want you to keep posting here and to courageously express yourself to people in real-life.

“I found your reply from June 7, 2019… Made me smile, I didn’t realize I posted here so much since“- it made me smile that you looked back to what I posted for you more than three years ago. Thank you for my first smile of the day!

anita