Monday, June 21, 2010

Is Reality Subjective or Objective?

Is Reality Subjective or Objective This is a question to the mind itself; because Mind has a mind of its own. If it truly has a mind of its own, then could it be both?


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If Reality is subjective, it must be able to think and analyze without superiority. Perhaps Mind is superior to Reality. Reality is really whatever Mind wants it to be. Mind reasons through the use of its consciousness (memories) or Viññāṇa in Pali language - a language in the Buddha's time. All lives are dictated by their minds. Everything that we see and feel were created by the Mind. Therefore, Reality is subjective to only the Mind itself.


It is also questionable to think if Reality is objective. We don't really know if Reality has any goal to attain. Perhaps it does but then again; perhaps it does not. However, if we think lives were created by the Mind then lives are tentatively the objects of the Mind; are we all the objects of some kind of force? In this sense, Reality is, too, objective to the Mind and has a purpose of being whatever the Mind wants it to be. Using any known object that is created by any life, we can see that these objects have purpose and dictated by the Mind itself.


I mentioned the word 'tentatively' earlier in this paragraph due to the fact that all visible (and some invisible) forms or objects are temporarily. They will expire in time. This is not the case with Mind. Mind and Consciousness live on forever. You have heard previous life, present life, and next life.


There is no conclusive evidence to think that Reality is subjective or objective. Reality is whatever Mind wants it to be - either objective or subjective or both.


Jack Panyakone

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Perception - What is?

Perception - What is? Perception: An understanding, recognition, insight, or intuition from our senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch)



How does one come to understand anything? Life's perception is based solely on its learned knowledge, experiences, and feelings (the five senses). Knowledge, experiences, and feelings are unique to each and every life. By the way, plants and trees do have this knowledge. Otherwise, they would not know when to grow or when to stay dormant. 

1. The learned knowledge are acquired through various sources such reading, writing, and thinking. 2. Experiences are acquired through interactions with reading, friends, teachers, and thinking - including the surrounding environment. 3. Feelings are acquired from 1 and 2, knowledge and experience. Perception is, therefore, based on these three items and perhaps more..


To simplify the concept of perception is to come up an easy to understand equation (e.g. mind + consciousness + recept (already formed idea)  + precept (society and culture) + miscellaneous (current senses) = perception). This, in my view, is how one perceives things. It is because of these variables that we come to understand things differently; and that we are unique in our own right.


With that said, it is best not to argue with your colleagues. If they think that they are right, it does not really make we are wrong. We, both, could be right based on the above equation. It is best not to be too firm with one's belief but to be open to the possibilities that are out there. When we have this type of understanding, we can accept why our colleagues believe the way they do.


In short summary, perception is based on one's own learned knowledge, experiences, and feelings. Perception comes to exist from the followings criteria:

1. Mind - the Central Processing Unit of a living body
2. Consciousness - memories of the past (information attained)
3. Recept - recessive of the past perception or understanding (formed idea)
4. Precept - moral conduct or rules based on the society and culture (religion or cult)
5. Miscellaneous - an immediate influential source (friends, teachers, or present feeling)


This is my view on perception. It does not make me right or wrong. Likewise to the readers.


Jack Panyakone

Resources

1. Mind Secret Exposed

2. Mind Balancing

3. Insane Manifestation Magic

4. Energy Bracelet

5. Yoga Burn Supplement

6. Magic Power

7. Power of Conversation

YouTube Meditation Videos created by Jack Panyakone

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