The reference point

( Writing at around 1:39 am Sgp time of 10 Jan. Writing for 9th Jan blog)


Reference point:
What is the reference point for us. Reference point I think is our body or at the most the centre of the body that is heart. While speaking, thinking, listening , reading, viewing or using any sense organ, the central point is I. It is I that is the reference point.

Where does this I come from. Is it since birth or does it come after 3-4 years of birth. Or does the sense of I comes at the age of 3-4, before that I was there but the sense was not there. What happens to I after the death, does it go away? Is I the body or I is the sense.

If I is central to one person, there are so many I in the universe. Are there so many reference points. Can you come out of your I at any time. If you loose the I , will you loose yourself. Will you be without the mind. Try to shift the origin of I. Try thinking in terms of the body separated from you. When you are hungry, the body is hungry. The body need food at that time. The body needed various things and activities to stay relevant and alive.

But the body is not I. Is I any imaginary thing or concept which has the body associated with it. Can I be still there without the body. Is my I different from your I. Are all the I in universe connected. Do we think any deeper than just serving our body.

In mathematics there is an origin and we plot all the points in reference to the origin. But how can we say the origin is absolute origin. Similarly in life how can we assure the reference point which we are thinking as I is the correct reference point. If we do not know the reference point how can we decide which path is correct. It may happen that the path which we think from our reference is correct may not be any relevant from the absolute origin.