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Old 01-04-2019, 07:26 AM
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The Rope is Mistaken for the Snake, What does this mean to you ?

The Rope is mistaken for the Snake is a classical illusion that was popularised by Advaita Vedandists in India. Is this illusion useful ? Have you any views on what it means ?
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Old 01-04-2019, 08:09 AM
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The Rope is mistaken for the Snake is a classical illusion that was popularised by Advaita Vedandists in India. Is this illusion useful ? Have you any views on what it means ?




I think that some use this analogy in order to use it in a certain way that encompasses the mind reality as not being as it seems to be.

What I would say is that the rope might be mistaken for a snake and vice versa but it has always been what it is.

The snake has always been a snake the rope has always been a rope so to use the analogy that reflects an illusion doesn't work for me, but it does show us how things are mistakenly perceived.


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Old 04-04-2019, 03:35 AM
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... it does show us how things are mistakenly perceived.
Pure and simple.

And what I always say...Nothing you see with your eyes open is real.

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Old 04-04-2019, 07:19 AM
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Pure and simple.

And what I always say...Nothing you see with your eyes open is real.

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Absolutely !
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The Rope is mistaken for the Snake is a classical illusion that was popularised by Advaita Vedandists in India. Is this illusion useful ? Have you any views on what it means ?



It means I need to book an appointment with an Optition
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Old 01-04-2019, 08:46 AM
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It means I need to book an appointment with a Optition

And who might this optician be ? Scratching my chin, God himself ? The Higher Self ? hahaha very insightful reply that no pun intended
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Old 01-04-2019, 09:54 PM
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Patanjali's Yoga Sutras refer to five modifications of consciousness (Book I, 6-11):

1. Direct perception, based on fact and proof
2. Misperception - mistaking something for something else
3. Imaginary knowledge which has no substantial basis
4. Sleep which is the absence of perception
5. Memory which is the recollection of past perceptions.

The story of the rope and the snake is often used to illustrate the second modification - ie misperception.

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Old 01-04-2019, 10:58 PM
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as usual I look at what things DO. Ropes are for climbing, tieing, other things... e.g. they are a beneficial thing to be used. OTOH snakes aren't so much liked, and many people are even afraid of them. So if you were to mistake a rope for a snake you would possibly avoid it instead of using it to help yourself out? And depending on the situation that misunderstanding could be disastrous...
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Old 02-04-2019, 07:05 AM
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as usual I look at what things DO. Ropes are for climbing, tieing, other things... e.g. they are a beneficial thing to be used. OTOH snakes aren't so much liked, and many people are even afraid of them. So if you were to mistake a rope for a snake you would possibly avoid it instead of using it to help yourself out? And depending on the situation that misunderstanding could be disastrous...

I like your take on it, very Tarotesque. Thanks for sharing.
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