NUCLEAR BLAST.........

try to find and plant native species for your area.....most are or have been wiped out by non-native species....

How do we know what is real?

Because we say it is. Because we decide it is. Because we agree it is.

Knowledge is the official record (or agreement) of what the realist majority has declared is true and real.

Billy you are confusing knowledge (data) with wisdom (how to use knowledge).

You can know everything there is to know in the universe, knowledge, but if you cannot utilize the knowledge other than to state it as given to you, you have no wisdom.

What is the good of all the knowledge in the universe to you then?

Try the local library for gardening magazines or books!

And there is nothing wrong with walking around the neighborhood and talking with the neighbors.

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National Home Gardening Club http://www.gardeningclub.com/Main/default.aspx

Is what I subscribed to when I first started out. It provides a magazine, online forums and product testing! If you don't mind paying a little bit of money, this might be worth it!

Based upon the definitions for both, Realism & Idealism, it seems as though Realism is grounded in Knowledge (science), while Idealism is based upon Wisdom (perception).

But in real life Idealism is more important because
if we perceive something as black (or white), it doesn't really matter whether it is Really white (or black)! (the difference is of paramount importance only from the scientific/realistic point of view...)
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I am not sure that either one is more important. Idealism has to have knowledge as well, the knowledge to recognize the idealistic view and the perception. I will have to think about this for a bit...

At the same time, Realism teaches us the understanding of true nature of things. Yet, without the Idealistic support (i.e.funding), the former would not progress at all.

* Ideally, there should be a third notion -- a combination of the two -- say, REALIDEALISM LOL

P.S.
The heading of the notebook, where I keep all of my poems,
idealistically states: "Reality -- the way I perceive it..."

hmmmm... "the true nature of things"...

The reality that has been crafted and labeled by people of power. The reality of what is given to us. There is a "question behind the question" and an "answer behind the answer"....

the reality that has been accepted by some/most? of the society? the information that may or may not be true...

Let's make the assumption that the people with the money(funding) also have the power...to me, those would be the Realists. And if that holds true, then the Realists would not want to further the Idealist agenda...

and I cannot think that the Idealists would want to further progress the Realistic agenda...especially given the state of the world's people today...

I could be wrong...

hey deb, glad you've found a hobby in gardening. i wish i had a large backyard so that i could do landscape/architectural design which is my real passion. i can only imagine the beauty of your yard when it's all done. i think ornamental grass would be great for the stretch down to the lake.

i've been outside for the better part of a day pruning the wisteria tree. while i was in florida, my parents said that whenever the wind blew they thought it would take the entire deck with it.

Any real example's we could work with?

If we have real examples with real decisions being made, we could much easier discuss the distinction from knowledge and wisdom.

I tend to find common sense, is not so common.

It has been my experience that realists appear or be said to have "knowledge" and idealists will appear or be said to have "wisdom."

So does anyone have a good comparison of wisdom and knowledge?

To me, most of the time, knowledge seems to be loaded with facts and figures, and wisdom is more intuitive, arising from inner knowing.

Realists have their purpose.
They are the grounding faction of this reality. They draw our attention to what is 'out there' and they convince people that this is reality. And it is. It is our reality. They keep us grounded and inside of our magnificent manifestation. They are vital for preserving the integrity of a virtual world build with thoughts and vibrations, light and sound. They make us believe and it is that belief that preserves its integrity.

Idealist have their purpose.
They have the vision and the wings to soar above and beyond this reality and see it from a different perspective, one where they realize that all things arise from consciousness and the mind. They empower us to seek our highest potential and help us realize our own power to create a world that we desire.

That reminds me of a question that Jean Luke Picard asked Mr. Data. (was watching that episode last night while cooking dinner)

If someone tampered with your mind without leaving a trace would you know?

Mr. Data answered by saying that he could not answer that question . . . of course!

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Depending on the nature of the Idealism the world would be what ever the universal mind finds ideal. That would mean that malaria is ideal, that death is ideal, that suffering is ideal, that all of the facets good and bad from our perspectives is really ideal from the perspective of the universal mind of which we are like the bacteria in our stomachs to this ideal universal mind.

Is it that this world is ideal based on another perspective?

I myself struggle to understand a purist idealism as well.