Perceptions on Ethnicity, and on The Peoples of The World.

I am reading a very enlightening book, written by National Geographic, called 'Peoples of The World'. I purchased the book, because of its beauty, but I find, that the book has a wealth of information on the views of a Professor(former?) of Harvard University, Mr David Maybury-Lewis.I was enlightened, and humbly entertained by his very nice account in his writing of the piece, which is the introduction to the book, "Peoples of The World". He has come to the conclusion, in my humble opinion, that there may be infinite circumstances, which may give different groups of people, different ethnic identities. But in the forging of different ethnic identities, there is a common factor. That common factor is the goodwill among the people belonging to an ethnic identity, or any common identity. The Sikh community is a religious identity which is very inclusive, of other religious identities, but has one of the strongest individual religious identities. Perhaps the rule of forging strong individual group identities is, "The more amiable the group is among themselves, and the more amiable the group is towards other groups, the stronger is the identity of the group, among themselves, and the stronger is the identity of the group, in the hearts and minds of other groups.

God and the secular.

What is secular, and what is God? How does one define both the concepts? Does secularity promote the belief, that creation has been created, from no creation? The term 'secular' is broadly defined as pertaining to everyday existence. Being secular does not give anyone a comfortable cushioned seat in existence. When I ponder secularism, I see, that the form of material is changing. For example, the physical form of my computer, is not identical to the physical form of another computer. A computer may be broken, and then, it ceases to operate as a computer. After a computer is manufactured, can one imagine, what the components of the computer are, if one has not seen them? What about the components, which make up the components of the computer? Then, is it logical to ponder, that form, and material is not permanent, and hence cannot be relied on to find the origin of the universe? Can I say for certain, what my anscestors looked like, without looking at their photograph? We may take this theory to the extreme. If form and material is non permanent,(Material is non permanent, because we cannot perceive only material. I mean, we do perceive blank space.), then how is the universe based on material, and form? If the basis of the universe was material, then we would not perceive problems pertaining to the material plane of existence. A human being would have his material wants, without having to move, or resort to locomotion. Then, what is the origin of the universe? The answer is not that the origin of the universe is material. If material contradicts itself, then the origin of the universe is contrary to the existence of material. I mean to infer, that material came out of nothing. By 'nothing' I infer, that 'nothing', is something, but not material. I am just addressing my blog, which is known as 'General Discussion'. Please feel free to address my opinion, and views.

Uncertainty.

What is uncertainty? I feel that uncertainty is what makes our behavior uncertain to ourselves. We do not know, what is going to pass, and hence, we do not know how we are going to react, or respond to what is going to pass. How is it that in total uncertainty, we want to be certain? We want certainty, or we want to perceive certainty. What makes our perception uncertain? We want our perception to be constant. What do we want, in our perception, to be constant? To see, hear, feel, touch the same things? Is this possible, all the time? If I like red, why am I not happy, when I see red all the time? Perhaps, because, I am touching something, and that touch is unpleasant, and I am identifying with that touch, and not with the color red. I may like the color red, but if liking the color red, is good, then not liking the touch of what I dislike, is bad. Can one live without perception? If we cannot live without perception, then why do we negate our perceptions, sometimes? I mean, why do we perceive, our perceptions as negative? Why do we not want certain perceptions?

Perception and Reality.

What is perception, and what is reality? Perception is how we face reality. Reality, should be totally independent of the senses. If a person is angry, he will face reality with an angry perception. Another person may find his perception funny, and he will find that persons perception as offensive. What is reality? All our perceptions are prejudicial. We say, that we like blue, before or after we see blue. Similarly, we have preconceptions about all perceptions, and we have conceptions on the perceptions after we perceive. What do we perceive? We perceive, what we have perceived before, and what we will perceive. What makes us change our perception? Is what makes us change our perception, referred to as 'circumstance'? Accordingly, all circumstances are the same, because we perceive, what we have perceived before, and what we will perceive thereafter. What changes 'circumstance'? Perhaps, it is our perception of the circumstance. What changes our perception of the circumstance? What changes our perception? If we think that we are intelligent, what makes us feel silly, and unintelligent, sometimes? Are we intelligent, or unintelligent? What about those who perceive us as intelligent, and unintelligent? We believe, and disbelieve our perceptions. What do we believe, and what do we disbelieve? Belief and disbelief, are the two sides of the same coin, the coin, which is reality. We believe our disbelief, and we believe our beliefs, too. We disbelieve how we perceive our beliefs, and hence we call our perception as false.