What is a percept? First answer: No percept really exists – either in the present, the past or the future. A percept is the result of perception and it cannot exist independent of perception. Therefore there cannot be a percept either before or after perception. Perception goes into the make of the percept itself. Therefore, if you attempt to perceive the percept, the perception part of the percept has to be withdrawn and placed outside it, in order to perceive it. But when the perception part is thus withdrawn, the percept crumbles and disappears. Thus there is no percept during the perception also. It is the perception itself appearing as the percept, for the time being. Therefore ‘percept’ is a misnomer. There is only perception. And perception being dependent upon Consciousness for its very existence, it is nothing but consciousness. Similarly, Consciousness itself appears as an idea; and when Consciousness tries to perceive the idea, the idea disappears and Consciousness alone remains over. Therefore, all is Consciousness. A shorter approach: A percept is nothing but the object and is representative of the whole world. Perception goes into the make of the percept, and therefore the percept is perception itself. Consciousness goes into the make of perception, and therefore perception is Consciousness itself. Similarly, Consciousness goes into the make of the idea, and therefore idea is Consciousness itself. Therefore the world, gross as well as subtle, is nothing but Consciousness. ~~~Shri Atmananda Krishna Menon.
Posted on: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 03:38:23 +0000
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