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
I agree.. Also I feel that our philosophies are not derived from perfectly neutral analyses but are heavily influenced by our personal experiences that leave an impact in our experential mind. For example, someone who has experienced rejection and loneliness is likely to view the world as selfish, though he knows that people can love each other. On the other hand, someone who has experienced true love is likely to analyse the world more positively. Similarly, a person who suffers from a terminal disease condition realizes the impermanence of life in a deeper level while someone in the peak of his health would live as though there is no death. Thus even within our perceptual abilities , any world view is only partially true because there is a personal colour to it.
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