Faith and the World

To make the leap from my own existence to the existence of everything else requires a very short leap from from Descartes.

I perceive. Ergo those things are.

Actually this is such a short leap that Buddhists would argue that you can't really exist without your perceptions.

This statement is the actual statement of faith, but its limitation is the more philosophically interesting concept: "those things" are only proven to exist as mental constructs. An result of this important clarification means the things you dream exist as well and they have the equal "realness" as "real" things- they have equal effect on your ephemeral ego.

People may be tempted to blow this limitation off, but it is important to realize the vital effect that all different kinds of perceptions have on our present ego.

Also it is imperative to recall the limitations of our starting point since this is an extrapolated point. Namely, it is very likely that the perceptions of our ephemeral ego are likely to be contaminated by untruths and misbeliefs.