Saturday, July 08, 2006
Category: The Meaning of Life
Apparently there are those unwilling or unable to ponder. Philosophy being what it is makes us humans not too prone to philosophizing. Philosophy is pondering. Meaningless pondering resulting in recognition of . . . . . . . . meaninglessness.
The concepts here are simple, and not provocative, and not original.
Perception is reality. Reality is perception. Truth, on the other hand, is not reality. When one confuses the two, one ends up missing the point, again and again and again.
If I use the word “reality†here to mean perception forgive me. Words have many meanings, fortunately or unfortunately, depending on your perspective (haha) so try to glean the context. I also use reality to mean “true existence†or “the nature of things†problem being of course that reality is filtered. Then dreams show up and throw a spanner in the works.
The point being, there is no point. This shouldn’t be hard to grasp but all too often is because people simply don’t want to acknowledge or observe their own insignificance.
The truth stands all by itself, usually alone, unobserved and unrecognized. Now the world (reality, space, consciousness, whatever) we live in is created by our perspective, values, mindset, intelligence, history, environment and, again, whatever influences us.
See the difference?
If the truth (standing all by itself) falls in the woods and no one is around, does it make a sound? If I stub my toe and make a sound (he’s giving off bad sonic vibrations…), is that the truth, recognized?
The truth is silently sitting next to lies standing.
There is only sound when deluded idiots stub their toes.
In actuality, I stubbed my perceptions against the nub of reality and was momentarily deluded into believing there was an Aristotle.
In the ensuing moments of silence I realized – nah.
Oh.
Stubbed perceptions.
That’s different.
Stubbed perceptions are silent, unlike excuse for insanity.