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Reality vs Perception
October 14 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Reality vs Perception
Speaker: Mick Ratanapanyo (In Person)
Mon 14 Oct | 7-8.30pm AEDT
Location: In person at Western Sydney University Bankstown City (74 Rickard Rd, Bankstown), Room 1.4.34 on level 4; and
Online (Zoom link below)
Cost: Free
The Sense of Data.
Reality -or- the Five Aggregates in Buddhism is made up of Data Streams.
The Data of sight.. of sound.. smell.. touch.. taste.. thought.. perception.. and emotion.. compiled into a Movie about ‘something’.
Although severely fragmented, demented with megatons of snippets.. for example Perception (beliefs, memories and views) updates with every sight, every sound, every thought, every emotion. It updates without anyone’s consent, approval or awareness. Yet, for most.. these movies are very real. They call it living, experiences and existences. Some call it the show about nothing, random and infinitely entertaining. But there are also many who see these data as forceful change, consistently impermanent, unsatisfactory and without Self. They are plain illusions and one simple path to liberation.
How?
The Data holds the secrets to the ways things are kept in motion. Forcefully jumping from one point of view to the next.. on and on.. again and again. Dreaming forever. It appears that One consciousness can get towed around for 27.75 eons, elevated high, pushed down low into the mud, dragged through the concrete and still arrive nowhere. That the PURPOSE is to become lost and to ‘never wake up’. Getting a glimpse of this malignant purpose is one way of realising the First Noble Truth of ‘Dukkha’ or suffering.
How have your data been treating you?
About the speaker: There isn’t much to know about Mick: Born in Thailand, ex Theravada monk; Married twice
Favourite Buddhist studies:
Meaning of Life,
Mapping Consciousness,
The Five Aggregates,
Samsara,
Paticca Samuppada (12 links of Dependent Origination).
Hybrid event: Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in an interactive session in person at the Metta Centre or online by clicking on this link to access the session: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/