Where ever i go, who ever i meet i’ll have a perception of that person based on what he/she says, there body language, behaviour etc. My interpretation of anyone will be based on these attributes, and the same goes for everyone else. But no one will ever have MY exact perception, or my ‘world’. Reality as we know it exists in our own bubble, no one else’s ‘reality’ is going to be identical to mine. So in that sense how can reality be any more than an illusion of mind?
IMHO what we consider to be real and going on around us is, an illusion created by our perceptions. Each person will perceive reality through there ‘bubble’ differently depending on circumstances. Everything we do and what happens to us on a daily basis is going to have some reaction to our ‘bubble’. We are soo EASILY influenced by external sources, on soo many different levels (most of which is unconsciously) , which to me shows just how fragile, and incoherent our perception of reality actually is. It’s just the brain’s interpretations of the signals being sent fromthe 5 senses. For example, I’m staring at my computer right now andtyping on this keyboard but it’s only a keyboard because somebody said it was.
Which poises the question, if the illusion that is reality differentiates on such a vast scale, who’s to say that ones perception is wrong and another’s is right?
What I’m saying is, there cant be a consistent set of rules for whats morally acceptable, since everyone’s perception of there own truth varies soo much, sure you might find someone on a similar wavelength to yourself, but no ones perception will ever be 100 percent identical. IMHO identifiying right from wrong is very difficult to establish. Everyone is different and the way we deal with life and situations is a testament our personal strengths.
The majority of people also assume or consider there perceptions or how they see the world to be superior to others, so they become know it alls and try to cast their perception onto other people. Its a beautiful and vast world we live in but it is also very petty and lame. The sad thing is that most people think they see and know everything when in reality it is just a infinitesimal of what is out ‘there’.
I think people read or hear what they **want **to read or hear, thus individual perceptions. Very few ppl actually perceive others comments and views from a totally impartial stand, most of the time they are too sure of their own convictions to be swayed by an opposing point of view and of course there are those who just want to have the last word so they'll argue for the sake of arguing.
shortdog, you need to work some where, where you get to see many ppl.
That will eliminate gap between your ideas about ppl and what they actually are.
A thinking brain is good but we need to keep in touch with reality. Work on a gas station or some thing.
See ppl where they dont pretend to be some thing else.
And again what ppl are deep down matter less then how they actually behave. Plus in west ppl rarely have another level.
punching monk, what does work have to do with this thread ? lol
im not talking about people, im talking about how as everybody has the a different subjective verson of the truth, so what really is the truth? no 2 people/groups have the same exact version of the truth, so no one should get conceited about their version of the truth and condescend patronise other social groups/religions etc. as they do. Whose to say anyone's truth is more truthful then sum else's is ? IMHO really there is not truth beyond whats socially-accepted in different societies.
To really discover discover the truth and see the bare facts,one would have to remove the ego, the problem is human nature is scared of the unknown, people prefer to be lazy and just believe what other people tell them to people. Society programs us to be progammed by the programmers.
That to an extent is down to our parents faults. Parents should encourage children to acquire knowledge and question everything, but they don't cos they if they do that children will question their authority, and older people(especially in the pakistani community)needing to feel a sense of power dont like being undermined. So when we're young they spout their rhetoric that you shouldn't question older people, when in truth older people simply like to feel sense of power and control of younger people. Having you own opinion isn't disrespectful, people aren't robots and can form your own personality. Besides just as you should not discriminate someone becos of there race/age gender, no should you expect positive discrimination or favourable treatment because of race/age/gender.