The Nature of Perception.

When we perceive, we perceive our perception. For example, if we perceive our mother, it is our perception which perceives our mother, where our mother exists as different from our perception. We normally perceive as follows: We perceive our mother, and we feel that our perception is a part of ourselves, and hence, we further this particular feeling, by feeling further, that since our perception is a part of ourselves, our mother too is a part of ourselves, being the object of our perception. Our mother is connected to us by our perception, hence, since our perception is ours, the object of our perception, too is ours. So, the object of our perception belongs to us, because our perception belongs to us. Now, if our mother was not there in our perception, then she would not belong to us, because we would not perceive her through our perception. This is the logic of perception. But, does the perception belong to us? Are we in control of our perceptions? For example, if we step on a thorn, accidentally we would feel pain, despite the stepping on the thorn being an accident. Hence, if the cause of the perception is separate from the perception, is not the perception, too separate from us? The feeling of pleasure and pain is incidental, as we cannot, for example, avoid pain, and the feeling of happiness or pleasure is not a constant for all time. What perceives the perception, if the perception is different from the self? The answer is nothing. If our perception is separate from ourself, then what perceives? Nothing. Because, we cannot identify, what perceives in ourselves, through our perceptions. We find ourselves in a strange bind, which is, to me, the bind of life. How can our perceptions be false, if we perceive? The answer may be, a perception is only a perception. The bind of life may be answered by the following example: What is good? That which is not bad. What is bad? That which is not good. And we find ourselves in the bind of positive and negative, which is constant, and complete. There is no way to move out of this bind, through the consideration of only good and bad. What is beyond positive and negative? Neutral? Or positive and negative? How does a person perceive directly beyond good and bad?