What is in a Name?

Does a name denote the object or does the name denote an idea that expresses itself into an object?

The first stand indicates fixation with the object as the sole reality. Manifestation is everything or what you physically “see” indicates everything.

The second stand indicates that the object is just one expression of the idea or a concern or an issue – the object’s physical form is a result of the idea and the process of its birth. Thus the physical form conveys more than what one “sees” out there. This means that everything around us is an expression of an idea or a set of ideas – all interconnected, all nomadic in nature – but particularized in a given location. In other words, objects may be seen as avatars (particular expressions or anchors) of nomadic ideas. Ideas need to express themselves as forms/ phenomenon or manifestations. Once manifested, they are perceived in many ways – meaning of forms is not static. The forms themselves change with time. In fact, there may not be any manifestation without any meaning and even if a manifestation occurs, we are bound to induce meaning to it. In other words – space and its conversion of form is induced with meanings that we define ourselves.

These meanings change with time. For example, meanings of Nature have changed from one Time to another. Previously, we seem to have a cosmic understanding of Nature – movements of stars and planets was considered important for committing an action in the Present – nowadays, it is largely upto us (and not some Gods or constellations) that decide our actions. When meanings change, we perceive objects differently. Sometimes meanings change to the extent that the object doesn’t hold validity for us and it has to be removed or substantially altered to suit the changed meaning. Object is a container of meaning.

Psychologically what we consider ourselves to ‘be’ has shaped a perception of reality for us. Thus, thoughts have a profound connection with what reality we create and experience for ourselves. This opens up the domain of values/ ethics/ morality and why it should be considered important to follow them. I would say that moral behavior or value based thinking has the potential to think of larger Time frameworks, bind different phenomena together and thereby consider us as a part of ecosystem. Not only we move beyond the immediate object, we also see the object as an ecosystem of ideas – or connected with other phenomena. Hence, the division of ‘inside’ reality and ‘outside’ reality is blurred.

In other words, we need to move beyond the obvious. If we didn’t have eyes, does it mean the reality doesn’t exist? Does it mean that space doesn’t exist or it has no meaning at all if we can’t see anything? We can still feel space by sound, smell, touch, heat/cold and these signals in turn inform our imaginations. We create memories and memories in turn, inform the way we subsequently perceive and conceive spaces.

The single most important dimension of human existence is to create meaning (because of the nature of our thought). And with effort, probably also to transcend beyond Time itself.

Does a name denote the object or does the name denote an idea that expresses itself into an object?

The first stand indicates fixation with the object as the sole reality. Manifestation is everything or what you physically “see” indicates everything.

The second stand indicates that the object is just one expression of the idea or a concern or an issue – the object’s physical form is a result of the idea and the process of its birth. Thus the physical form conveys more than what one “sees” out there. This means that everything around us is an expression of an idea or a set of ideas – all interconnected, all nomadic in nature – but particularized in a given location. In other words, objects may be seen as avatars (particular expressions or anchors) of nomadic ideas. Ideas need to express themselves as forms/ phenomenon or manifestations. Once manifested, they are perceived in many ways – meaning of forms is not static. The forms themselves change with time. In fact, there may not be any manifestation without any meaning and even if a manifestation occurs, we are bound to induce meaning to it. In other words – space and its conversion of form is induced with meanings that we define ourselves.

These meanings change with time. For example, meanings of Nature have changed from one Time to another. Previously, we seem to have a cosmic understanding of Nature – movements of stars and planets was considered important for committing an action in the Present – nowadays, it is largely upto us (and not some Gods or constellations) that decide our actions. When meanings change, we perceive objects differently. Sometimes meanings change to the extent that the object doesn’t hold validity for us and it has to be removed or substantially altered to suit the changed meaning. Object is a container of meaning.

Psychologically what we consider ourselves to ‘be’ has shaped a perception of reality for us. Thus, thoughts have a profound connection with what reality we create and experience for ourselves. This opens up the domain of values/ ethics/ morality and why it should be considered important to follow them. I would say that moral behavior or value based thinking has the potential to think of larger Time frameworks, bind different phenomena together and thereby consider us as a part of ecosystem. Not only we move beyond the immediate object, we also see the object as an ecosystem of ideas – or connected with other phenomena. Hence, the division of ‘inside’ reality and ‘outside’ reality is blurred.

In other words, we need to move beyond the obvious. If we didn’t have eyes, does it mean the reality doesn’t exist? Does it mean that space doesn’t exist or it has no meaning at all if we can’t see anything? We can still feel space by sound, smell, touch, heat/cold and these signals in turn inform our imaginations. We create memories and memories in turn, inform the way we subsequently perceive and conceive spaces.

The single most important dimension of human existence is to create meaning (because of the nature of our thought). And with effort, probably also to transcend beyond Time itself.