NOTHING REMAINS THE SAME

When a note of music changes; can the song remain the same?

When the words of a poem changes – can the meaning remain the same ?

When a story itself changes; can the end be the same?

Oh ever-changing mind of mine

As all composite things change- can the soul ever remain the same ? 

EVANESCENCE

The morning dew vanishes in the brilliance of the radiant sunshine

The beauty of the flower withers away with the passing day

The foamy waves break by hitting the sandy shores

All composite phenomena once formed, pass away

Thus is the beauty of  Evanescence !

Thus is the beauty of life !!

TRUTH IS A PATHLESS LAND

Empty spaces or dunes of sand

 

The Truth is always a path less land

No creed can capture it

No thought can define it

No belief can cushion it

No mind can fathom it

It’s beyond reach and beyond comprehension

It’s beyond the limits of self perception

It’s too unlimited to be limited

Too undivided to be divided

It has more than one form; and more than one face

It is always relative; yet beyond phase space

Except for constant dependant origination

There is no permanent destination

No empty spaces; nor desert sands

For truth is always a pathless land 

IMPERMANENCE, PHILOSOPHY AND THE NATURE OF REALITY

Perception and philosophy are incomplete descriptions of objective reality. Like all perceptions and ideologies, my world view too is only a partial truth. Any philosophy or perception is still a reductionist's analysis of reality and hence it reduces the complex nebulous interdependent network of variables to  simplified chunks of manageable data that can be managed by our limited minds and its cognitive systems. Hence in my view any theory or philosophy is an oversimplification of  the nature of reality. In a sense it its partially true and partially false at the same time. According to my world view the impermanence that i mention is about conventional reality as experienced through our senses. However i can no way be sure that beyond my limited world view there could be an ocean of permanence and yet, it may be beyond my perceptual abilities. Thus i can only say , and that too only conventionally, that whatever i perceive within my bubble universe(umwelt) is impermanent. Also this impermanence refers to only to a world of actualities where reality arises from the collapse of the possibilities. In conclusion my view could be summarized as that, all philosophies, including this one are over simplifications of the truth, and actual reality is too complex and beyond comprehension to be contained in human labels of permanence and impermanence

THE EIGHT RELATIVE TRUTHS - my philosophy of life

        Existential questions are often encountered but seldom answered in everyday life. However having been awakened by a conversation with a friend I decided to be more contemplative and to analyse my existence systematically.  Why do I Live ? what is my meaning of Life ? What motivates me ? what is my philosophy of life?.  Having thought  over for a while I realize goals , ideals and visions are all too dynamic and emergent and may need persistant analysis and frequent updating.  However I would attempt to try to answer my existential questions

My Dream for humanity

The state of the human condition is such that  the illusionary boundary of the ego has finally been eroded and there is collective realisation of the oneness/ interdependence/ brahman/tawheed.

Having  collectively realized the oneness , there is emergence of a global harmony with respect to all domains.

Environmentally sustainable  economic  systems

A balanced and meaning ful society rooted in love and compassion

compassion in dealing with all other living beings

Choice being available in every human action

PERSONAL GOALS

To be Constantly  mindful  and avoid ego traps

To have a world view centered on compassion and loving kindness 

To treat everyone as i would like to be treated 

To develop a nonjudgemental openess to differing world views

To have a flexible perspective and not be attached to a single conceptual view point

understand interdependence , impermenance and selflessness and to channel loving kindness in every act  

To engage in contructive collaboration with openminded , awakwened individuals and to establish a common path towards a global harmony

MY CALLING

To bridge the gap between the perspectives of science , spirituality and philosophy

To demonstarte the biases in perception, thought and action and  to identify a common way to overcome them

Understand the nature of perception  and to understand the mystery of consciousness

To work towards changing the capitalistic and impersonal health care system to a holistic one

PASSIONS 

cognitive science  and Neurophilosophy

Understanding the Ego bias

Consciousness and its tricks

creating conditions for the emergence of an alternative society

MY PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE  - THE EIGHT RELATIVE TRUTHS 

1.Impermenance - everything passes away 2.Synchronic Interdependence- reality is dynamic flux of interdependant variables 3.Self is a delusion - self is a concept and intentionality and agency are illusions 4.suffering is inherent in individuality - 5.The umwelt is a perceptual bubble - the limits of our perception is set by our evolutionary history - the limit of our umwelt is our event horizon for perception 6.All perception is fallible - all perception is within the event horizon of the umwelt . 7.All truth is relative - as there is no independent observer 8.All knowledge is fallible