11/28/2014
kMoe
Simple observation will prove to us that reality is a rigid and fixed structural motif that changes very little with time. The change we may observe is the change of birth, growth, thriving and eventually death of living organisms; when we observe static or solid objects, whether natural or man made, it would seem like time takes its toll on them and gradually wears out its original luster, uniqueness or shine. That is to say, we know objects are solid because one of its properties inherent to its material goes through some kind of wear, tear, degradation or some other withering of the structural form.Never do they seem to be born, grow, thrive and die only to be reborn again; that is how one can know an object to be alive, and only then it ceases to be and object, as it is part of the universe which is constantly moving and has inherent within it a certain quality of beauty, something to be appreciated.
Changing our lens to the reality of energy, we would see that all energy exists within our view and it is with the trained mind that we give boundaries to all these different forms of energy. Boundaries help with understanding because, in essence all it helps with is to allocate what we see into a prescribed box within our mind, this has given rise to names, classifications, and judgements. It follows with logic, that we can see that solid objects are just boundaries that contain a specific type of energy, of something that is either living or dead.
It is important to understand this aspect of the mind, because its operation leaks in to areas that it should not, and that is in human relationship. It is often that one would come across spiritual teachings that state that man is currently consumed with a fetish for objects, and an ignorance to living things. That is, it seem that most would easily love something that is an object as over a living thing such as a plant, or another person; love in this context would refer simply to a quality of attention, care and loyalty to the particular.
So why do we need to differentiate between the reality of objects and of living things? From this perspective it is important to understand the way we relate to our outside reality which has a primary influence on the way we relate with nature, people and animals. From the onset of experience, in this context, experience being all that we see, hear and feel. All this forms part of our memory and eventually makes us who we are. Experience shapes our state of being, and that influences the relationship we have with our reality, it is through the primary differentiation of object vs living thing that determines the relationship with the particular.
Objects are static or may exhibit limited or even mechanical movements that are defined within the limits of their inherent design, the observation of which determines the nature of our relation with the particular object. Objects have little or no sense capability and thus make the perfect candidate for use as a tool or material to be manipulated so as to perform a specific task. Therefore, our relationship to objects is that of assistance in performing a particular task, and specially formed objects may provide us an advantage within a specific area too. What of living things? First of all how would we know when something is alive? Life is something that is difficult to put into words, it is part of the universe's whole and as words are mere abstractions, it may seem like a task in futility to put into words what a living thing is. We do however, know certain properties exhibited by a living organism, first of all is sense capabilities. Biology has over the millennia evolved specific molecules that give the particulate nature of the molecule the ability to sense specific characteristics of the environment, these range from protein receptors for hormones, and smells, to the ever more complex temperature and pressure sensing nerves, and the most complex of which, the eye almost which all complex organisms are associated with. The complexity of an organism has to do with the detail to which it can comprehend the complexity of reality, and it can be easy to see that the Homo Sapien ape man that we are is the most complex organism we know of.
It would suffice to state that the complexity of relationship also varies between organisms of different complexities, and the most complex relationships that we have are between two humans. This might be attributable to the fact that we are able to sense a complex cacophony of signals ranging from simple light to somewhat capricious human emotions and ideas that one has to wonder if they can fathom the order to which all these signals are processed. Emotion is one such signal that serves as a guide to navigating the reality of relationship be it with objects or living things. Many philosophers over time since writing have warned of the dangers of disconnecting with emotion, and how it could be detrimental to how we view our reality.
The pursuit of technological progress in the name of development has led us to trust more in the objective reality over the subjective reality of emotion. This has led to a drastic way in which our minds define relationship, and this may have been the cause of conflict within man for thousands of years of history as evidenced by the endless stories of war and conflict right till the present day. Wars may not be as prevalent but conflict persists in our everyday scenario and this may be due to the attention we give towards the particular. A lot of attention is spent on creating objects that may satisfy our desires that it leaves little left non-formal experience of human relationship, some may argue a relationship with a girlfriend/boyfriend or spouse is somewhat enough to fill the discrepancy, but even that may be subject to its own disorders and conflict as mind assumes the same reality.
A case in point may be observed in the objectification of women by themselves, which has been cheered on by men since the dawn of the commercial enterprise of ego marketing, self glorification and the pursuit of comfort. It is not to say that women have not been in the forefront against their objectification but these messages may have been met with futility as they did not speak to the central desires produced by the need for gratification by external objects as opposed to emotion. The assimilation of external objects requires that one invests a lot of attention to the objects so as to maintain them, for example spending a disproportionate amount of time at the gym to sculpt the body will only result in a relationship that is more based on the body than other aspects; therefore one forms a relationship to those objects and not with the living thing and this is where the conflict arises.
...just a thought.
Changing our lens to the reality of energy, we would see that all energy exists within our view and it is with the trained mind that we give boundaries to all these different forms of energy. Boundaries help with understanding because, in essence all it helps with is to allocate what we see into a prescribed box within our mind, this has given rise to names, classifications, and judgements. It follows with logic, that we can see that solid objects are just boundaries that contain a specific type of energy, of something that is either living or dead.It is important to understand this aspect of the mind, because its operation leaks in to areas that it should not, and that is in human relationship. It is often that one would come across spiritual teachings that state that man is currently consumed with a fetish for objects, and an ignorance to living things. That is, it seem that most would easily love something that is an object as over a living thing such as a plant, or another person; love in this context would refer simply to a quality of attention, care and loyalty to the particular.
So why do we need to differentiate between the reality of objects and of living things? From this perspective it is important to understand the way we relate to our outside reality which has a primary influence on the way we relate with nature, people and animals. From the onset of experience, in this context, experience being all that we see, hear and feel. All this forms part of our memory and eventually makes us who we are. Experience shapes our state of being, and that influences the relationship we have with our reality, it is through the primary differentiation of object vs living thing that determines the relationship with the particular.
Objects are static or may exhibit limited or even mechanical movements that are defined within the limits of their inherent design, the observation of which determines the nature of our relation with the particular object. Objects have little or no sense capability and thus make the perfect candidate for use as a tool or material to be manipulated so as to perform a specific task. Therefore, our relationship to objects is that of assistance in performing a particular task, and specially formed objects may provide us an advantage within a specific area too. What of living things? First of all how would we know when something is alive? Life is something that is difficult to put into words, it is part of the universe's whole and as words are mere abstractions, it may seem like a task in futility to put into words what a living thing is. We do however, know certain properties exhibited by a living organism, first of all is sense capabilities. Biology has over the millennia evolved specific molecules that give the particulate nature of the molecule the ability to sense specific characteristics of the environment, these range from protein receptors for hormones, and smells, to the ever more complex temperature and pressure sensing nerves, and the most complex of which, the eye almost which all complex organisms are associated with. The complexity of an organism has to do with the detail to which it can comprehend the complexity of reality, and it can be easy to see that the Homo Sapien ape man that we are is the most complex organism we know of.
It would suffice to state that the complexity of relationship also varies between organisms of different complexities, and the most complex relationships that we have are between two humans. This might be attributable to the fact that we are able to sense a complex cacophony of signals ranging from simple light to somewhat capricious human emotions and ideas that one has to wonder if they can fathom the order to which all these signals are processed. Emotion is one such signal that serves as a guide to navigating the reality of relationship be it with objects or living things. Many philosophers over time since writing have warned of the dangers of disconnecting with emotion, and how it could be detrimental to how we view our reality.
The pursuit of technological progress in the name of development has led us to trust more in the objective reality over the subjective reality of emotion. This has led to a drastic way in which our minds define relationship, and this may have been the cause of conflict within man for thousands of years of history as evidenced by the endless stories of war and conflict right till the present day. Wars may not be as prevalent but conflict persists in our everyday scenario and this may be due to the attention we give towards the particular. A lot of attention is spent on creating objects that may satisfy our desires that it leaves little left non-formal experience of human relationship, some may argue a relationship with a girlfriend/boyfriend or spouse is somewhat enough to fill the discrepancy, but even that may be subject to its own disorders and conflict as mind assumes the same reality.
A case in point may be observed in the objectification of women by themselves, which has been cheered on by men since the dawn of the commercial enterprise of ego marketing, self glorification and the pursuit of comfort. It is not to say that women have not been in the forefront against their objectification but these messages may have been met with futility as they did not speak to the central desires produced by the need for gratification by external objects as opposed to emotion. The assimilation of external objects requires that one invests a lot of attention to the objects so as to maintain them, for example spending a disproportionate amount of time at the gym to sculpt the body will only result in a relationship that is more based on the body than other aspects; therefore one forms a relationship to those objects and not with the living thing and this is where the conflict arises....just a thought.
