Gem
22-03-2011, 06:04 AM
The mind is a thing that pertains to thought, but the thought itself isn't what is experienced, the experience is a manifestation, ie a consequence.
Any form, be it a physical thing or an imagined conjuring, is 'manifest'. To abreviate it as a fundamental: Form is Manifest.
To deal with the thought itself is go prior to the formal manifestation... as we look to the 'cause' of manifestation, but there is no imaginary way of that, for the imagination is already manifest. We look to the 'cause' of such imagery.
Firstly there is observation, without which no experience would be possible, so the thought which is observed is a formless 'thing' devoid of any property... we just call it an 'ontological object' and assert 'it exists'.
The only reason we assume the thought exists is because of the manifested experience, but we never need to doubt 'existence' as it is fundamentally 'not nothing'.
Thats the basis of ontology, we have observation of the ontological object.
Any form, be it a physical thing or an imagined conjuring, is 'manifest'. To abreviate it as a fundamental: Form is Manifest.
To deal with the thought itself is go prior to the formal manifestation... as we look to the 'cause' of manifestation, but there is no imaginary way of that, for the imagination is already manifest. We look to the 'cause' of such imagery.
Firstly there is observation, without which no experience would be possible, so the thought which is observed is a formless 'thing' devoid of any property... we just call it an 'ontological object' and assert 'it exists'.
The only reason we assume the thought exists is because of the manifested experience, but we never need to doubt 'existence' as it is fundamentally 'not nothing'.
Thats the basis of ontology, we have observation of the ontological object.