Pain is interpreted by the mind. Reality is a perception of the mind to suit ones own existence. To say that we are deaf, dumb and blind mutes like a terracotta army might be a little much but it could be looked into. To sum up and keep this brief, if you saw someone hit you, you could say we have the ability to do more than just dream visions, but also physical sensations and such. What does the pain warrant? Retribution? Or merely an alleviation and forgetting of the sensation. Not the event, but rather just the sensation. Events can be forgotten in completion, but that is restricted to the individual.

Pleasurable sensations are indeed a delight, but much like other sensations, even to the sedentary, they are brief and forgettable. The problem as I see it arises when time passes and the mind slowly decays and abandons our memories of reality or the lack there of. Senility for example, what kind of world do those such people live in? It must be a vast tapestry of memories and beliefs that you can see flash in their wildly unaware eyes, but I do believe it exists. It is just incomprehensible to the more astute amongst us. What about people who suffer from fugues? Two lives, one remembered one forgotten and they alternate as the sufferer's mind ages.

I seem to be rambling now. If physical sensation denotes a reality, then I guess I can argue no more, but what if as I write this it is merely a memory of the org from years ago and I sit on the side of my bed in a rest home gaily staring out the window at the breezes caressing the tree tops?

Well said example by the way acin. Merry Christmas to you and other orgahs who frequent this fine forum.