Thursday, December 11, 2008

How should one relate to perceptions?

Perceptions are personal. Also if one may think similarly, what a person wants from perception, is to perceive the object of perception starkly. When I say, that a person wants to perceive the object of perception starkly, I mean, that he wants to be objective about what he perceives. When a person is not comfortable with the perception which he is perceiving, he is not being objective about the perception. One may be reflective about perceptions, even when one is not thinking with the aid of words. If one is attempting to look beyond what he is perceiving, or is looking for to perceive beyond the apparent perception, then perhaps, this is a form of reflection. A person cannot perceive what cannot be perceived. Hence, when one tries to perceive beyond the apparent perception, one gets a different perspective to the previous apparent perception. This form of reflection, may make a person more unbaised in his perceptions, towards himself and towards the others. Now we are established in the fact, that the object which is being perceived is the same. So, how do we have different perceptions about what is perceived, if we reflect on our perceptions? If what is perceived is apparently unchanging, for example the perfume, then I might surmise, that the apparent difference in perception, on reflection of the previous perception, is just that: apparent. The later apparent perception, and the original perception, is the same perception. Then why do we feel the difference in the previous and the later perceptions? The reason may be, how I relate to the perception, now, on reflection, and how I related to the perception, before reflection. What causes this change in relation? The change is caused due to the changed perception, which is perceived because of the senses. How can I perceive differently with my senses at different periods of time? In other words, how are my senses relative? This question does not need to be answered. The answer for this question is stark. We can see a banana, as well as an apple. This is a change in perception, and there is no question of why we see a banana and an apple, differently. If one wants to eat a banana, the apple may be disappointing, to perceive for some, while for the others, it may be not. Why do we identify changes in perception? Because we want to. Hence, we are disappointed in the apple, because we want to be. How do I perceive the banana, and apple? I perceive the two fruit, because of past perceptions. I identify that the banana is yellow, and that the apple is red. I further identify, that the banana is soft, while the apple is hard, and so on and so forth. What causes confusion in perception? When one does not perceive the perception clearly. What is the cause of this? When one is not inclined to perceive the current perception clearly. Why is one not so inclined? Because the association of the perceptions cannot be identified.

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