On tangibility

If change is the only absolute, then it is an absolute, and thus negating the hypothesis that there are no absolutes. It is a verbal paradox.

Things change over time, as do our perceptions of them. So, a question that may be asked is, Do we feel that nothing is constant, only because our perceptions of the world are ever-changing, owing to our mental development?

Maybe, things are essentially absolute, all that changes is our view of these absolutes. Like a shadow, the length and breadth of what we see, changes with time, the object itself remaining absolute.

Our emotional state often plays a major role in what we see as 'good' or 'bad'. Our conscience is often subject to our feelings. And this is not hypocrisy, but merely human nature.

This is why being unbiased towards all is so very dificult.

Another question. If so many of us believe that there are no absolutes, why is it so hard for us to accept that what is written in our historical epics such as the Mahabharata and the Ramayana is actually true?

Maybe the things we find incredulous were not so extra-ordinary then. And since our perceptions often define what we see as 'real' and 'possible', maybe there really was a "Pushpa-wahan".

Also, maybe Jesus really did walk on water. Maybe Moses did part the Red Sea. Maybe Adam and Eve really were fortunate enough to have lived in the Garden of Eden. And maybe the Devil really is real.

But if we do not believe in these things, then they are not real to us. Then if we see David Blaine rising up in the air, we will think of hidden wires and high power magnets. But to the man who believes, the thousands of statues of Shri Ganesh drinking milk was real.

I saw that, and I was flabbergasted. I suppose because I didn't have my mind made up regarding God (and still don't), I didn't see it as a miracle. And yet since I was not (and continue not to be) an atheist, I did not automatically dismiss it as skuldeggery.

So I am still undecided about it. Things like these make you wonder. Just a thought.