Do we exist?

Do we really exist? Chassidus is all about this question. Over time they say we've lost very important analogies for Chassidus. Like the king for example. We don't have kings we can compare to. But maybe we've gotten a few more. One seems to be, of all things, the video/gaming/internet world.

But first Chassidus concepts, it seems, should not be complicated. They should be simple. If the idea is not simple then one probably doesn't understand it and therefore cannot be effected in a life changing way. So one way to understand something simply, is to find where we already know the concept regarding something else.

Is Super Mario real? Does he exist?

No he doesn't! But of course he exists, everyone knows Super Mario. I didn't make him up!

But he only exists in our minds. He's what we call a completely made up character. And that's why if your child asks you is Super Mario real you say no!

So do we exist?