Friday, October 19, 2007

Self Arising Impression And Judgement

When we interact with the world and others, are we really engaging the external environment or are we really just interacting with our thoughts and ourselves?

A scenario to illustrate this further: Alex sees a fat man on the street. He thinks this guy is really fat; therefore he must be living a very fortunate life. Whether the fat guy is really living a fortunate life, we will never know. But to Alex, it is true at the moment he conjures the ‘judgement’.

My opinion is that all impressions and judgements are personal and from oneself. The ‘external’ is just the way it is. The external is really not directly related to the thoughts that arise within us. The thoughts that arise are interpretations of the ‘external’. Therefore all judgments View the rest of this article


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