Is perception reality? Can reality be perceived?
I have often said that regardless of whether one’s perception is reality, that perception is reality. In other words, whether I am in danger or not is irrelevant to me if my perception of the situation tells me that I am in danger. If I perceive that I am in danger then I will act as if I am in danger whether the danger is real or imagined. So, I must now ask myself this question: Is what I just wrote reality or only my perception of it? I would have to say that it is somewhere between my own perspective and reality and that I have a fair bit of learning to do yet. Why this shift to Why is there air? style thought and what does it have to do with Yoga? Answering the latter is easier. Part of the niyamas is svaadhyaya or the study of oneself through the study of scriptures and other such good books. Along those lines, I have been reading The Heart of Yoga by T.K.V. Desikachar. Desikachar is the son of T. Krishnamacharya. Krishnamacharya died in 1989 at 101 and is known throughout the wo
