Pondering Reality

Over the past few days I have been pondering our existence on earth. The thought that comes to mind most when I think about existence in daily life is the question of reality. This may be hard to grasp for those who don't have big imaginations, but if you take the time to think, it could be possible. I wonder, "What if water was a drug?" Sometimes I worry about the power of society and Big Brother. I have recently watched the movie Scanner Darkly and it brought about some strange thoughts. In the movie the main character becomes addicted to a drug that he is forced to use by the government. He hallucinates and terrible things start happening to him all as part of a spy operation being put on by the government. At the same time, the government sends all addicts of the drug that they are administering to the spy to a plantation where they work as slaves to harvest that very drug. By this time, however, the main character's mind is already eaten away by the drug and he is diminished to something less than human.

My question is; what if this or something similar to this was happening today and we have no idea about it? What if by drinking water everyday, something that scientists have "proven" is a necessity for human existence, we are actually putting hallucinogens into our bodies and we are simply in a dream world? Or what if when we are sleeping we are actually experiencing reality and what we know as the real world is simply made up of dreams? What if everything that we know today was made up and carried out by the government as part of a master plan? And what if Big Brother was watching our every move?

This is something that brings about lots of thought and takes a lot of imagination, but logically, any of this is possible. Think of the ideals that Hitler instilled in the minds of the Germans back in the 1930s. The justified slaughtering of innocent people simply because they believe in something different... This is a perfect example of government manipulation of the masses in order to make progress toward a common goal.

Just something I have been pondering in my spare time. I'm interested in hearing your thoughts....