illusion buster
What is illusion?
Illusion is false interpretation of stimulus.
In lay man terms it is imagination, unreal or virtual etc.
For illusion to be present, there should be one perceiver or the subject and stimulus. The perceiver if interprets the stimulus in wrong way (in any other way than it is intended), illusion comes in to picture.
In another words the statement “everything is illusion” is erroneous. Here everything should include literally “everything” but it fails to include the subject or the perceiver of illusion and the stimulus.
In Indian philosophy this is explained in the terms of “Rajjosarpanyayam”. A person see a rope in darkness and mistakes it for a snake. What the mind believes to be true it accepts to be true and reacts accordingly. He gets sweating, palpitation , tremors etc, which are signs of anxiety. Here rajjo means rope and sarpam is snake (I know you know this). Here the stimulus is the sight of rope which is real and the perception of it as a snake is illusion (which is imaginary). My point is for illusion to be present, there should be a perceiver (the person who saw the rope) and the rope (which is stimulus here).
The existence of illusion is dependant on stimulus and perceiver. Like wise, the existence of stimulus is dependant on the perceiver (the very fact that different people have different thresholds for stimuli explains this). Therefore, the perceiver is the centre point of everything. He/she/it is not an illusion or stimulus.
The perceiver defines illusion and limits it. Illusion doesn’t comprise the subject.
Illusion is false interpretation of stimulus.
In lay man terms it is imagination, unreal or virtual etc.
For illusion to be present, there should be one perceiver or the subject and stimulus. The perceiver if interprets the stimulus in wrong way (in any other way than it is intended), illusion comes in to picture.
In another words the statement “everything is illusion” is erroneous. Here everything should include literally “everything” but it fails to include the subject or the perceiver of illusion and the stimulus.
In Indian philosophy this is explained in the terms of “Rajjosarpanyayam”. A person see a rope in darkness and mistakes it for a snake. What the mind believes to be true it accepts to be true and reacts accordingly. He gets sweating, palpitation , tremors etc, which are signs of anxiety. Here rajjo means rope and sarpam is snake (I know you know this). Here the stimulus is the sight of rope which is real and the perception of it as a snake is illusion (which is imaginary). My point is for illusion to be present, there should be a perceiver (the person who saw the rope) and the rope (which is stimulus here).
The existence of illusion is dependant on stimulus and perceiver. Like wise, the existence of stimulus is dependant on the perceiver (the very fact that different people have different thresholds for stimuli explains this). Therefore, the perceiver is the centre point of everything. He/she/it is not an illusion or stimulus.
The perceiver defines illusion and limits it. Illusion doesn’t comprise the subject.
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