sravna
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There has never been a consensus on what "reality" means. Lots of clarity will happen in our understanding of various utterances of the past if we have clarity on the terms and the concepts used.
Let me give my understanding of reality. To me the following should be considered the golden standard for reality:
i. Perception of it is eventually unanimously same.
ii. It does not change and cannot be changed
Reality is the ultimate concept. It is upon which every other concept is built. So we need to have a big picture concept.
Based on the above our universe is not real because it fails both the above tests. Similarly physical self is not real.
Let me give the rationale for the two tests of reality
Rationale for i: It is premised upon the notion that order and consistency is the ultimate feature of reality. Without order and consistency there can be no laws. If there are no laws, existence will be chaos which is not the case.
Rationale for ii: The first is about perception and this is about the inherent nature of reality. This is saying the same as i.. but from a different perspective.
I think every other feature of reality follows from the above two.
Comments and arguments welcome
Let me give my understanding of reality. To me the following should be considered the golden standard for reality:
i. Perception of it is eventually unanimously same.
ii. It does not change and cannot be changed
Reality is the ultimate concept. It is upon which every other concept is built. So we need to have a big picture concept.
Based on the above our universe is not real because it fails both the above tests. Similarly physical self is not real.
Let me give the rationale for the two tests of reality
Rationale for i: It is premised upon the notion that order and consistency is the ultimate feature of reality. Without order and consistency there can be no laws. If there are no laws, existence will be chaos which is not the case.
Rationale for ii: The first is about perception and this is about the inherent nature of reality. This is saying the same as i.. but from a different perspective.
I think every other feature of reality follows from the above two.
Comments and arguments welcome