I found the article above very interesting and was receptive to its messages, until I got to this paragraph: "The point is not a nihilistic one, that nothing exists, but rather that no thing has a detached, fixed identity. Phenomena “do not exist in their own right,” says the Dalai Lama, “but only have an existence dependent upon many factors, including a consciousness that conceptualizes them.” Where I see a “book,” a rain forest aborigine might see only “strange object made out of pressed-together leaves.”" Whatever we call the "book," it is still there. It doesn't matter if it is called a "book" or "leaves". If it is sitting on the shelf and I can't see it, touch, hear it, or discern it with any of my senses, it is still there; it still "exists".
On May 6, 2013 Linda wrote:
I found the article above very interesting and was receptive to its messages, until I got to this paragraph: "The point is not a nihilistic one, that nothing exists, but rather that
no thing has a detached, fixed identity. Phenomena “do not exist in
their own right,” says the Dalai Lama, “but only have an existence
dependent upon many factors, including a consciousness that
conceptualizes them.” Where I see a “book,” a rain forest aborigine
might see only “strange object made out of pressed-together leaves.”" Whatever we call the "book," it is still there. It doesn't matter if it is called a "book" or "leaves". If it is sitting on the shelf and I can't see it, touch, hear it, or discern it with any of my senses, it is still there; it still "exists".