Volatile Avidity

Some believe consciousness is an illusion. Others believe reality is the illusion. And some see both as they are.

Labels are imaginary boundaries. They don't exist, but they determine how we see and treat them. When we name something, we make it separate in our minds. We forget this separation is imaginary. When we name things uniquely, we see them as unique. When we use the same name to describe many, we see them as the same.

"Mono" means one, alone, single. "Stereo" means solid, three-dimensional. One gives rise to two. Two gives rise to three. To truly experience depth, we require at least two perspectives. The conflict between the left and right eyes and ears creates the experience of perceiving three dimensions. "Type" means "a category of people having common characteristics." "Characteristic" means "a feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify it." These are mutually defining words; each gives rise to the other. What exactly is a "stereotype"? "A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing." Notice "image" and "idea." Notice the word "oversimplified." Notice the word "fixed," as in "solid." "Solid" as in "unchanging," which people ...