9/16/2014
kMoe
#inthought with perception
I'd like to touch on a bit about perception, it came to me as I realised that for most of the topics I will be talking about, we will need an understanding of perception, deep at its core and what it really is. This would put things into context for understanding of the some of the concepts to be outlined. I always like to start with a quote, mostly because it puts the idea into context, it also confirms the observation as has been by others, since most of these articles are just postulations created from my observations and learning as accumulation of knowledge.
"What is perception, what is seeing? How do you see that tree? Look at it for the moment. With what sight do you see it? Is it solely an optical observation, just looking at the tree with the optical reaction, observing the form, the pattern, the light on the leaf? Or do you, when you observe a tree, name it, saying. “That is an oak” and walk by? By naming it you are no longer seeing the tree—the word denies the thing. Can you look at it without the word?"
The flame of Attention, p34 Jiddu Krishnamurti,
The world that exists outside of us also exists within us, this is one of the fundamental laws of the observable universe, which we make a part of. Our minds connect to the outside world through the senses that lay all over our body. Sight is an optical connection that our mind has with the outside world; hearing is the connection of sound; taste and smell the connection of essence; temperature and pressure sensation the connection of feel and the list of sensitivities in our body is ever vast.
The current mind relates to the world through a variety of classifications of various objects, emotions, decisions, patterns etc. It does this through a conditioned self, which its goal to divide each of the senses through a naming or a classification of some sort, and this operates throughout daily activity, all to gain simple understanding for action.While this may be useful for efficient navigation through reality, it may in someway become a somewhat problematic way to live upon the time one reaches an impasse within their quest for whatever that may be which you set for yourself. It is at this point that one has to confront their tools and knowledge and somehow come to the conclusion that there is a limit somewhat in way of the current mind operation.
The limits may lie in perception; which in my thought is a concept that has to be explored within this context. So the question one may be faced with, when vaguely casting reference to the quote at the beginning of this script a question that begs the mind is "how does naming limit perception?" The first place to begin is exploration of the five senses which we have become accustomed to. First of all naming, for example, the feeling of touch requires the mind to characterise the sensation of touch, such, texture, temperature, dimensions etc, same with smell, taste, hearing, and seeing. The more complex the experience of a sense, the more we break it down into its different characters, simply to understand, communicate or take action from what it is we see. This leads the mind into a complex array of measurements, characterisations and descriptions of seeing something, even if it is something as simple as a box, this takes up a lot of space in the mind by preoccupying it with details that may not be necessary. A cosmic rule that exists is that: "divisions create limits", and that is the very thing which is happening when this is taking place. The opposite of this idea is the combination of these senses to create a synergy, which is simply creating a whole which is greater than the sum of its parts.
Synergistic combination of the senses, does indeed involve combining the signals from each of our five senses to create something more that what we would have if we observed our senses separately; that is what being in the moment truely is; seeing things for what they are; which is seeing, which has an influence on hearing, which has an influence on feeling, and therefore acting, this action may be from the mind being free of all prejiduces and therefore allowing it to use a vastly different intelligence. That is what perception really is. There within this there is no mention of the use of words or descriptions all which are the activities of our thoughts, which have their place in daily existence.
I'd like to touch on a bit about perception, it came to me as I realised that for most of the topics I will be talking about, we will need an understanding of perception, deep at its core and what it really is. This would put things into context for understanding of the some of the concepts to be outlined. I always like to start with a quote, mostly because it puts the idea into context, it also confirms the observation as has been by others, since most of these articles are just postulations created from my observations and learning as accumulation of knowledge.
"What is perception, what is seeing? How do you see that tree? Look at it for the moment. With what sight do you see it? Is it solely an optical observation, just looking at the tree with the optical reaction, observing the form, the pattern, the light on the leaf? Or do you, when you observe a tree, name it, saying. “That is an oak” and walk by? By naming it you are no longer seeing the tree—the word denies the thing. Can you look at it without the word?"
The flame of Attention, p34 Jiddu Krishnamurti,
The world that exists outside of us also exists within us, this is one of the fundamental laws of the observable universe, which we make a part of. Our minds connect to the outside world through the senses that lay all over our body. Sight is an optical connection that our mind has with the outside world; hearing is the connection of sound; taste and smell the connection of essence; temperature and pressure sensation the connection of feel and the list of sensitivities in our body is ever vast.
The current mind relates to the world through a variety of classifications of various objects, emotions, decisions, patterns etc. It does this through a conditioned self, which its goal to divide each of the senses through a naming or a classification of some sort, and this operates throughout daily activity, all to gain simple understanding for action.While this may be useful for efficient navigation through reality, it may in someway become a somewhat problematic way to live upon the time one reaches an impasse within their quest for whatever that may be which you set for yourself. It is at this point that one has to confront their tools and knowledge and somehow come to the conclusion that there is a limit somewhat in way of the current mind operation.
The limits may lie in perception; which in my thought is a concept that has to be explored within this context. So the question one may be faced with, when vaguely casting reference to the quote at the beginning of this script a question that begs the mind is "how does naming limit perception?" The first place to begin is exploration of the five senses which we have become accustomed to. First of all naming, for example, the feeling of touch requires the mind to characterise the sensation of touch, such, texture, temperature, dimensions etc, same with smell, taste, hearing, and seeing. The more complex the experience of a sense, the more we break it down into its different characters, simply to understand, communicate or take action from what it is we see. This leads the mind into a complex array of measurements, characterisations and descriptions of seeing something, even if it is something as simple as a box, this takes up a lot of space in the mind by preoccupying it with details that may not be necessary. A cosmic rule that exists is that: "divisions create limits", and that is the very thing which is happening when this is taking place. The opposite of this idea is the combination of these senses to create a synergy, which is simply creating a whole which is greater than the sum of its parts.
Synergistic combination of the senses, does indeed involve combining the signals from each of our five senses to create something more that what we would have if we observed our senses separately; that is what being in the moment truely is; seeing things for what they are; which is seeing, which has an influence on hearing, which has an influence on feeling, and therefore acting, this action may be from the mind being free of all prejiduces and therefore allowing it to use a vastly different intelligence. That is what perception really is. There within this there is no mention of the use of words or descriptions all which are the activities of our thoughts, which have their place in daily existence.
