Can you articulate at all what is the distinction between inner and outer? — unenlightened
fantasy — Jack Cummins
I do find that sometimes I can begin to voyage into inner space. It seems to me that this dimensions of experience is so different from experience in the external world. — Jack Cummins
I do not wish to go down an Alice in Wonderland philosophy path — Jack Cummins
I agree that the distinction between outer and inner reality is not absolute. Even when we are alone we can perceive the outer reality of our own body. However, the most simple way of thinking about inner reality is about shutting our eyes and being in silence. Of course, even then, we have memories of sensory world. However, I do believe that there is a significant inner world and an example of this would be the realm of dreams and imagination. — Jack Cummins
Well, where else would we find it — we are real, existing within reality, no? immanent and embodied, right? 'closer to you than your own jugular' ... I don't see how indulging in introspection illusions (i.e. navel gazing) gets one any closer to reality ... any more than gulping seawater gets a fish closer to the sea.What do others think about the finding of the reality within? — Jack Cummins
I would say that inner space is an important arena for questioning. It can be a frightening world to explore and perhaps we need to touch base with others, as a way for avoiding the wastelands of subjectivity and difficulties we might find in searching for answers. — Jack Cummins
I am not wishing that we should rely simply on the territory of our own introspection. If anything, I spend a lot of time going into the worlds created by other minds in the books which I read. But probably what I find, is that there is so much theorising, and ,somehow, I feel that we can get lost in the mazes, and lose touch with intuition as a source of wisdom. — Jack Cummins
I think that part of the complicated of understanding how inner and outer levels of experience work together is that while we may perceive others as aspects of outer reality, these others also experiencing their dialogue between inner and outer reality. — Jack Cummins
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