Am I just a thought, Am I just a reverberation
A self perceptual module in recursive contemplation
A hobbesian trap in the ratty race of evolution
A mere survival tool? My only source of revelation ?
Oh venerable consciousness, aren’t thou too an illusion?
Perception and action; plan and ideation
Firing neurons building worlds of representation
Floating thoughts and sinking emotion
Are they too, just for ego's promotion?
Bubbles bloating with semiotic information
The Umwelt is the bubble world of representation
All that is seen and all that is felt; is all within the bubble of the Umwelt
Yet, so much is beyond and so much is not dealt
Beyond every thought and beyond any representation
Beyond conventional life of procreation and recreation
There lies a multiverse sans interpretation
A dynamic flux of interdependent creation
A World of dependent interpenetration
So don’t be stuck in the anasognosic illusion
Don’t you cling to the illusion of an independent and permanent self
When the world you live is an interdependent and impermanent non–self
For there is no permanent self; there is no permanent Soul
Being filled with love is life's only goal
I may be just a thought and I may just be a reverberation
But with Love, "I am the Universe" in constant resonation
This poem is on unifying the perspectives of neuroscience, philosophy and spirituality.
ReplyDeleteIt is a speculation on the nature of the mind , the nature of consciousness and the oneness and interdependence in all reality. It also gives a pragmatic philosophy of using loving kindness and compassion to break the bubble of the Ego and to experience and understand what lies beyond
Inspired by the Sufi song
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxFaUIxezkc
Hey Prabhakar, this one was a little over my head!! Btw, posted your last one on my blog -please check it out and ok it - http://themathewz.blogspot.com/2011/06/loss.html
ReplyDeleteATP, nice post - Arpit, have you seen the movie Matrix - something like the Umwelt there as well.
ReplyDeleteRenita - it took me a long time and much explanation to understand the Matrix - I still have some serious doubts! Umwelt - going to google it right now!!
ReplyDeleteA detailed publication on the umwelt theoery is given in the links below
ReplyDeletehttp://www.concentric-literature.url.tw/issues/32_1/03_chien.pdf
http://home.comcast.net/~sharov/biosem/txt/umwelt.html