The first thing that hits me when I think of perceptions is the "Doors of Perceptions" - by Aldus Huxley. A wonderful description of the voyage by a man under the influence of Psychedelics. What is more interesting is the title - "Doors of perceptions".
A drug is mentioned as the door to the world of perceptions. This term 'perception' then necessarily means the identity of worlds that differ by - how do you say that - worlds apart?
hmmm..
A serial killer perceives his act more often than not as art and tries to excel by becoming More and more gruesome. How correct is that statement? 'Coz gruesome is the worlds perception of his acts and is worlds apart from what he perceives - art?.
A drug is mentioned as the door to the world of perceptions. This term 'perception' then necessarily means the identity of worlds that differ by - how do you say that - worlds apart?
hmmm..
A serial killer perceives his act more often than not as art and tries to excel by becoming More and more gruesome. How correct is that statement? 'Coz gruesome is the worlds perception of his acts and is worlds apart from what he perceives - art?.
Thus the quintessential truth for him is a morbid affair for the rest of the world and yet, when a court gives a verdict he is only put in an asylum and not in the gallows.Had another man killed for the sake of killing with the perception being to kill, he will go to the gallows, but when another kills with a perception of cleansing himself or such fantasies, he is sent to the asylum.
Shows how much of a value our society gives the word 'perception'.
And, how could it be otherwise, to us men of the practical world, the truth is only what we perceive it as and no man can be punished for pursuing the truth. This is also the reason why when a man handles a delicate matter in a crowd, he quickly weighs the effect of his action from others perspective and decides on the act that would be perceived to be the least harmful, or even better beneficial.
These bring us to a very interesting question - If perceptions differ, and differ big, and if the perceptions is the truth that a man knows, how many truths exist in this world? If there exists many truths and often contradictory in nature, then how is it the truth? If that is not the truth, then why do people give it the respect due to truth? Or do we all know nothing about the truth and just continue living life the way we perceive it with no care for the concepts of absolute truth? Does the above statement sound stupid?.....
hmmm a Lot more analysis seems required....
2 comments:
Even geographically they say that some percentage of land and water constitutes the Globe.
When u reach the end of water u see land, when u dig into land u see water.
Interesting isnt it?
Fantastic.. observation.. so what is where?... and what is reality?...
i guess atleast there we can say that there is a point where you would find none.. but in the world of mind.. hmmm... we do not get that option too what say Ebinezzer...
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