Mind Tricks

I want to ponder further on Renee Descartes' idea that I can only know that I am because I think.

I perceive that I am typing this blog post with my fingers and I'm reading what I'm typing with my eyes, but I cannot know for sure that all of this is really happening. It could all be a result of my mind, or my unconscious, playing tricks on me - making me believe that I have a body, a language, and the ability to do things.

My mind might have created this entire scenario - a huge puzzle that is unreal, but appears to be real to me. The people I encounter and the tasks I face could all be products of my imagination. My mind could be tricking my senses into believing that I am touching, smelling, hearing, seeing, and tasting things that aren't real.

It's such a complicated puzzle that it seems unlikely that my mind has made all of it up, but it could most certainly be true. I just have to have faith that it isn't.