A cage is full of birds. Some new born birds might be wondering why they have wings?
Long back i read,
“A bird is not a bird and
it is the name of the perception”
Yes! the name is just a representation. The name is not the form but to recognize the form. We have a lot of representation in life only to recognize and to alter our behaviour. The representation is required to understand civilization. Without representation we are confused. You apply representation for one thing to move smoothly.
The word bird is not form…..Right
it is a representation of form,
The form is not form but it is an abstraction of mind towards such forms.
If you keenly watch without perception ‘a bird is not a bird’If perception disappears the bird in front of you also disappears. When the bird disappears the representation also disappears. Hence, there is no representation without a perception.
The movement of life will become bliss when your perception disappears. But the perception of the mind always wanted a representation in the form of a name even though the name is not the form. Why? That’s how our mind understands because the mind cannot understand without the concept of representation of the object.
Another one,
Trying to get something
the opposite is formed.
Whenever I see a student, the word master arises in my mind. The master lives inside the student and vice versa. If you see a child their parents come to your mind and when the child disappears the concept of parents also disappear along with it. There is a great saying, “When death disappears, the birth also disappears.” Without death there is no birth. The mind has always tried to connect the opposite even though you don’t want to.
The truth is, the opposite always live in each other!