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Originally Posted by weareunity
Hello again. Regarding "perspective/perception". Forming an acceptable definition of what this means in the context of the discussion here will be of help I think. Doing so will begin to propel us along the process of trying to understand the "what", "how" and "why" of this complex topic. petex
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In some ways it's the act of "defining" that then generates the confusion. When we 'define' we are engaging our cultural conditioning and attempting to organize a whole host of assumptions that we've been instructed to take serious... and in a format that's mentally arranged. Nature does not go about doing things in this way. So the very act of defining removes our attention from the natural rhythms and leaves us clumsily-wallowing among the thickets of our own thoughts.
There is 'experience', which is direct.
There is 'thought', which is indirect.
Thought is a process that is removed from the "real thing". So the more we invest ourselves into the act of mental thinking the further from our natures we drift away from.
So here's the problem. We were raised with the assumption that our thoughts are of paramount importance. Everything that exists around us does not participate with itself in this way. So how are we able to integrate ourselves within the rhythms of nature if we're continuously applying overly mentalized concepts?
So the "what", "how" and "why" will only get murkier without the physical alignment with nature. And since nature is not 'conceptual' we are then confronted with a conundrum. The more we talk about something the further we drift from the inner source of the very thing we're attempting to discuss.