Objective perception of reality is not available to us. We are simply not able to perceive it, because we think of ourselves as something separate.
Well, let not a liver cell, but a neuron in the brain. Nothing changes. There is no way for one neuron to realize what it is a part of. And, by the way, we must also think that the loss of one neuron will not excite all the others a little, since this is a natural process.
You should not belittle the importance of your existence, but you also should not think that everyone's death is a tragedy for humanity. Unfortunately, this is the truth. Therefore, having a dual mind, we observe not Reality, but our ideas about it.
These views are formed from the following components:
1. Sense organs (Skt. Indriyas)
All living things have sense organs, since they are a means of interaction with the rest of being.
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The human eye sees a certain part of the spectrum, just as the ear hears a certain range of sound. Everything else exists outside of our perception. We understand that there are both ultra- and infra-, but we do not see the world in the full range.
Consequently, the blind do not see, the deaf do not hear, the world is one, and there are as many perceptions of it as there are living ones. Freezing temperatures of death are similar to the African Bushman, but in Siberia we only put on jackets and enjoy the comfortable temperature.
2. Assimilated ideas
Assimilated ideas are made up of fixed ideas. They can be of any kind: philosophical, religious, scientific.
All assimilated ideas, and even more so ideals, form an idea of the surrounding reality in a dichotomy: friend versus foe, true versus false, acceptable versus unacceptable.
- We look at the world with our eyes, but we "see" with our brain;
- we listen with our ears, but we “hear” with our brain;
- we feel with our skin, but we “measure” it with our brain.
It should not be forgotten that the brain controls us, not us.
3. The dualistic mind
The dualistic mind is the most difficult opponent. Because of its presence, we are unable to see the fundamental Oneness.
If you stop perceiving yourself distantly, then the illusion of the personal "I" will cease, and each person-neuron (or liver cell) is aware of itself first as an organ, and then as a whole organism.
Author: Andrey Vl