(May 7, 2012 at 10:53 pm)C Rod Wrote:(May 7, 2012 at 1:15 pm)jess_essential Wrote: The whole idea of the self is an illusion. Be it perception of one's self, one's ego, they all are manifestations.
are all*
By illusion what do you mean?
Does the self change reality because of the self or does reality change the self because of whats real?
Reality is also an illusion. Hence it being vastly different from every perspective. Perception is key, because it allows us to have eyes where in other circumstances, we wouldn't. Doesn't mean that what we perceive to be true, is truth. Just means that in the present tense, we perceive it to be so.
“Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self.” - Max Stirner.
