Comments on: I think, therefore I am not what I think I am http://paulgerhards.com/blog_thisisthatis/2009/10/20/i-think-therefore-i-am-not-what-i-think-i-am/ A householder's thoughts along the Middle Way Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:39:24 +0000 hourly 1 By: Paul http://paulgerhards.com/blog_thisisthatis/2009/10/20/i-think-therefore-i-am-not-what-i-think-i-am/comment-page-1/#comment-674 Paul Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:15:58 +0000 http://paulgerhards.com/blog_thisisthatis/?p=1267#comment-674 Right, Mercurious. I think the world is interpreted by mind, not created by it. And, as you suggest, the perceiver and the object of perception must come together for awareness to take place. But one's interpretation of self - and everything else in the world - is skewed. That's delusion. Thanks for the comment. Right, Mercurious. I think the world is interpreted by mind, not created by it. And, as you suggest, the perceiver and the object of perception must come together for awareness to take place. But one’s interpretation of self – and everything else in the world – is skewed. That’s delusion.

Thanks for the comment.

]]> By: Mercurious http://paulgerhards.com/blog_thisisthatis/2009/10/20/i-think-therefore-i-am-not-what-i-think-i-am/comment-page-1/#comment-668 Mercurious Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:34:12 +0000 http://paulgerhards.com/blog_thisisthatis/?p=1267#comment-668 Interesting post. All too often, this theory of mind-creating-reality is interpreted as solipsism--the belief that the world is literally created by mind. More accurately, I think, what this means is that our perception of reality is always a mixture of mind-plus-objects-in-world. You cannot separate mind from the world. A teacher explaining the concept of annatta to me put it this way: "It's not that there is no such thing as "you." But rather than a "you" that lies behind your experience, creating it; it is experience that creates "you." You aren't separate from your experience, but ARE your experience." Interesting post. All too often, this theory of mind-creating-reality is interpreted as solipsism–the belief that the world is literally created by mind.

More accurately, I think, what this means is that our perception of reality is always a mixture of mind-plus-objects-in-world. You cannot separate mind from the world.

A teacher explaining the concept of annatta to me put it this way: “It’s not that there is no such thing as “you.” But rather than a “you” that lies behind your experience, creating it; it is experience that creates “you.” You aren’t separate from your experience, but ARE your experience.”

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