A belated response to is their any division of separateness in the *field of sensation*.

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Hi Everyone,

 

Here's my belated response to " ...is their any division of separateness

in the *field of sensation* " .

 

My take is that there is no division/separation whatsoever. As an

example, when a beam of *whole* light is passed through a prism it is

dispersed resulting in a " rainbow " effect. The colors ranging from red,

orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violent can be seen by

" humans " . Additional frequencies, science tells us, cannot be seen by by

the human eye/brain such as infra red, ultra-violet, etc.

 

Now, it seems that for the sake of everyday conversation, the color

*red* is used to distinguish it from *blue* and so on. This gives rise

to the assumption which is generally, I believe, taken to be a " fact " by

many that *red* is actually " separate " from *blue*, *green*, etc. That

they exist independently of one another. However, upon closely examining

the spectrum of colors, ask yourself, where does *red* leave off and

*yellow* begin? Is there a *place* of clear distinction or separateness

at all? Or does *red* bleed or converge or meld into *yellow*, so to

speak? Are there any " boundaries " at all? If there aren't, and in my

experience there are only distinctions, and no separation whatsoever

(except in imagination or thinking/assuming there are), , then might

this be true of all the other senses as well, such as touch, smell,

taste, hearing, etc...including thinking and feeling? Perhaps,

therefore, this may very well be the always already ever present

condition of one's entire existence or beingness on all levels at all

moments in all circumstances.

 

Come to think of it, *purple* is a mixture of *red* and *blue*, and

*green* is a mixture/blending of *yellow* and *blue*, thereby, at least

for me, demonstrating that everything is co-dependent. Furthermore, no

*thing* exists at all independently of every *thing* else. Just like a

*wave* on the ocean is not " on " the ocean as if it were a thing unto

itself. It (so to speak) IS the ocean *waving*. What is referred to as

*things* are simply imaginary distinctions made by the mind, thought,

and the word. Words, by the way, conceal way more than they reveal (in

my view)!

 

Michael