Mutual Influence of the Metaphysical and Physical

By: Ziauddin Ahmed

Family of the Heart - DIALOGUE & DISCUSSIONS 

RESPECTFULLY FOR FEROZ...SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE REALITIES

 

Dear Feroz...thank you for your comments. In my opinion we all live in two worlds...subjective and objective worlds, reflecting two different realities.

Universe is an objective reality that runs according to laws of nature that we can all observe through microscopes and telescopes and understand by our logical and rational thinking.

 

Interpretation of universe is a subjective reality. Poets use it all the time but readers know that they are subjective realities created by the poet's imagination.

Fantasies, dreams, myths, beliefs are all subjective realities. I deal with them everyday in my clinical practice as a psychotherapist. Those are people's subjective truths.

 

Some are called beliefs, others are called delusions. When there is a serious conflict between subjective and objective realities people have conflicts and suffer emotionally.

 

I respect people's objective realities even when I do not agree with them. So I respect YOUR belief in YOUR God and you have every right to have it.

But your subjective reality will only become objective reality if I and Rashid Mughal and Farzana Hassan can also experience it otherwise it remains your subjective reality.

 

I met many believers who feel the need to convert non-believers..

Do you want people to believe what they do not see or experience?. Buddha said EXPERIENCE is the ultimate teacher.

 

With our limited minds we can only experience limited things. For the rest we can say WE DO NOT KNOW.

 

For believers God is like the blank tile of the Scrabble. Whatever they do not understand they say GOD DID IT.

 

sincerely,

sohail

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