"Or have we just been living in this reality so long that we can't see another way? We are governed by the laws of this nightmarish reality but if we break free of this reality can we also break free of those laws?"
Consciousness has the ability to experience anything, but most humans get trapped in a house of mirrors, meaning they take all their ques from "out there" (the physical world). This traps their ability to create freely from a field of infinite potential from within (spirit). They tend to get trapped in a collective reality (maya). Our reality is nothing more than thought and as we filter through belief systems, we get trapped within them. This sets up a spiral where we get trapped in the illusion of the created/projected reality. This reality is fragmented and filtered. All we have to do is clear our filters to tap back into a fuller/infinite potential. This is true freedom with no limitations.