Reality
In my reality, this is the way things should be done. This is the way things are done. This is the way people behave. This is the kind people are. These things happen. These thing should happen. This is good, this is bad. This is life.
My version of reality is based on my experience.
Your version is based on yours.
A person normally prefers to stay in his version of reality, and learn new concepts only if they create minor conflicts with the existing concepts in his current reality.
It often happens sometimes, a person makes the mistake of trying to wander through other people's minds and alternate versions of reality to generate the absolute. He works hard. He studies, he compares, he analyzes. He thinks, he feels, he observes. He somehow tries, subjectively and objectively, to try to reach the absolute point, where reality fits seamlessly with all experiences, all views, all emotions, all abstract "must-be"'s. He tries to create the right reality.
But, from my experience, I have concluded that to come up with this absolute version of reality is indeed, impossible. No matter how much time you spend, no matter how much you analyze, no matter how intelligent you are, no matter how skillfully you try to solve the problem, you will not end up solving it all. There is no right, there is no wrong. Everything is indeed relative. No person can go through all the myriad experiences that each of us goes through. No person can analyze, generalize, and summarize all morality.
But should this fact deter us from pursuing enhancements to our reality? Should this stop us from going out, talking with people, and trying to create a better "right"?
Should we still try to debate and find the correct view when we know that all views are inherently flawed?
Should we take part in the marathon, when we know that it has no end?
Furthermore, should we take part in that endless marathon, when we know that we ourselves are here for a short time?
I dunno.
However, this reminds me of this Robert Byrne quote:
"The purpose of life is a life of purpose."
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Comments
It's almost funny to realize that although man cannot be perfect he still strives to be. although one man cannot percieve all concepts of other people's 'realities' he tries. Otherwise, what point is there to simply live if one cannot understand why he lives or why others live? We may not be able to obtain the ultimate dream of "knowing all" but no matter what we cannot stop...we won't stop...because what's going to happen when we stop running the un-ending race?
Posted by: Jay | November 9, 2005 11:33 PM
Sure Jay, agree with you. We need something, and at that, something worthwhile to do. What can be more worthwhile than to go towards finding the ultimate reality?
We know that we wont reach the end, but by passing on the torch to the next generation, we know that we will keep reaching closer to the destination...
Posted by: Gaurang | November 10, 2005 3:09 AM