Xmac
5-21-14, 7:40am
If a wave, as Alan Watts has pointed out, is more of a feature than a part of an ocean, then one wave on one side of the world is connected to another on the other side. Parts and things don't exist in nature or reality, they're....features of language.
Now, I know that language is ultimately a feature of humans but for the sake of illustration, I'm going to focus on that that is other than language because it doesn't need language whereas the opposite is not true.
At this point, not everyone would necessarily agree that there are no "things" anywhere. One could point to the example of the ocean and say that the shore is not the same as, or not connected to the ocean. Is there an ocean anywhere that doesn't have a shore? Can they exist separately?
From there the argument might say that trees are separate from the ocean but there again, the trees are connected to the ground that is connected to the shore.
If one considers the atmosphere surrounding every breathing mammal as an ocean of air, it can be seen that each breath is a wave that breaks in/on the shore of the mammal's lungs and then returns.
Every person can be seen (along with his or her siblings) as the crest of a "family wave". Going back to just our great great grandparents there are 31 people that make up a family wave (not including siblings). These waves, though not apparent in the usual way of thinking, are enormous and are features of another connected ocean (we're even born out of, and made of water).
Now, look up from your computer. Every "thing" you see is a feature of the ocean of your perception (field of vision). Each person's perception is a feature of an ocean of human perception.
If you "separate" a glass sitting on the table by putting it in another room, your memory, the floor, gravity, the laws of physics and sand are how one is still connected to it.
How are we connected by sand? It is made out of sand and sand is found connected to the dirt and the dirt is where our "family wave" breaks.
Now, I know that language is ultimately a feature of humans but for the sake of illustration, I'm going to focus on that that is other than language because it doesn't need language whereas the opposite is not true.
At this point, not everyone would necessarily agree that there are no "things" anywhere. One could point to the example of the ocean and say that the shore is not the same as, or not connected to the ocean. Is there an ocean anywhere that doesn't have a shore? Can they exist separately?
From there the argument might say that trees are separate from the ocean but there again, the trees are connected to the ground that is connected to the shore.
If one considers the atmosphere surrounding every breathing mammal as an ocean of air, it can be seen that each breath is a wave that breaks in/on the shore of the mammal's lungs and then returns.
Every person can be seen (along with his or her siblings) as the crest of a "family wave". Going back to just our great great grandparents there are 31 people that make up a family wave (not including siblings). These waves, though not apparent in the usual way of thinking, are enormous and are features of another connected ocean (we're even born out of, and made of water).
Now, look up from your computer. Every "thing" you see is a feature of the ocean of your perception (field of vision). Each person's perception is a feature of an ocean of human perception.
If you "separate" a glass sitting on the table by putting it in another room, your memory, the floor, gravity, the laws of physics and sand are how one is still connected to it.
How are we connected by sand? It is made out of sand and sand is found connected to the dirt and the dirt is where our "family wave" breaks.