07-21-2010, 12:05 AM
Tiff wrote:...a perceived parallel existence but it is just that another EXISTENCE! Once in that other existence one still has to deal with existence. Existence itself has still not been penetrated.Anyone care to comment about this? This is the crux here, something we all face. Even though Neo got out of the Matrix, he still had to deal with exisitence. So it wasn't just about getting freed from one perception only to enter another (better one), its about examining exisitence itself. And getting freed from perception. Otherwise, as we see Neo and Thomas Anderson are not all that different really
Odd you would pick that particular commentary. When I read it, I was going to reply, but decided to leave it be. However, since you've pointed it out again...
Existence itself has still not been penetrated. Indeed. and
...it's about examining existence itself. And getting freed from perception.
All is well until that last quote. Seems to me were we to get freed from perception, we would likewise become freed from existence. Cogito ergo sum, once again, and if I cease thinking (i.e. cease perceiving), I cease existing.
Odd you would pick that particular commentary. When I read it, I was going to reply, but decided to leave it be. However, since you've pointed it out again...
Existence itself has still not been penetrated. Indeed. and
...it's about examining existence itself. And getting freed from perception.
All is well until that last quote. Seems to me were we to get freed from perception, we would likewise become freed from existence. Cogito ergo sum, once again, and if I cease thinking (i.e. cease perceiving), I cease existing.