KARL
JASPERS
FORUM
TA 100 (Smith)
Commentary 1 (re. Exhibit 4 on p.78 of TA100)
THE
EXPLANATION OF THE PICTURES PRESENTING THE CONFLICT CAUSED BY CROSSING A BRIDGE
by Liu Zhida
12 December 2007, posted 22 December 2007
<1>
There’re
mainly three types of animals in the pictures. They’re wolves, rabbits and bears.
<2>
Here
the wolf can represent the Earth or a specific subject (self) while the rabbit can
be viewed as the moon, an outside relative object or a lower level. And the bear also can refer to the sun, an
outside relative subject or a higher level.
<3>
The
special subject (the wolf) can, in terms of a higher level, be considered inwardly
as human beings, states, a specific person or any other subjects. On contrary, the outside relative subject (the
bear) or the outside relative object (the rabbit) can mean outward subjects of
different sizes in conflicts of a lower level.
<4>
In
the first picture, the special subject overpowers the relatively weak outside relative
object, which is showed in the conflict involving the bridge.
<5>
The
same situation occurred in the second picture, revealing that the main concern
of the subject is itself.
<6>
In
the third picture, the special subject (self) marches across the bridge, the
cause of the conflict. It indicates the
imbalance between the special subject and the outside relative object.
<7>
In
the forth picture, the specific subject is in a state of degradation, as it encounters
the strong outside relative subject.
<8>
In
the fifth picture, the outside relative subject doesn’t behave arrogantly as
the specific one did before, instead, embodies justness and solves the
conflict. This is the turning point.
<9>
In
the sixth picture, the specific subject is moved and understands the benefit brought
by the elimination of the conflict; therefore, it puts what it has learnt into practice
from then on whenever it comes across any similar conflicts.
<10>
This
is a typical example showing how to solve a specific problem between different
subjects. The key is to convert.
<11>
Therefore,
the nature is intact inwardly when the subjects of the body and mind are
combined together. However, these two can be separated, which is the foundation
of the conversion of the mind’s subject.
<12>
When
the specific subject comes across the outside relative one, it not only focuses
its attention on the outside relative subject, but also separates its thoughts from
its body and combines it with the outside relative subject that reflects any subjects
of any levels. After the combination, it
turns its attention back to itself and observes its body from a different
angle.
<13>
Therefore,
since human beings live on the earth, the subject of the body is fixed, but the
mind’s can ascend to a higher level. On
such a level the mind can think over the body from a new perspective.
<14>
The
similar situation happens when the specific subject confronts the outside relative
object. In this case, the main body
observes itself from a lower level after its combination with the object.
<15>
So
it can be concluded that the mind can descends to a lower level and observes its
own body from a new point of view.
<16>
In
the situation mentioned above, the sun (the bear) and moon (the rabbit) are in one
outside environment, a common environment. However, they also have different specific
surroundings. The common one restrains the individual specific ones, that is to
say, the common environment is the basis of the conversion of the subject and
the specific environments are ignored.
<17>
When
such explanation is applied to handle any subjects in daily life, a progress will
be made in terms of the specific relationship between the subjects. This shows Jean Piaget’s idea, “holism,
conversion and self-adjusting”.
<18>
The
Duel Cognition of Human Beings’ Brains-Relativity, One article of my, presenting
the ideas mentioned above, was published on Gansu Social Science (Chinese
version), Issue 1, 1996.
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Liu
Zhida
e-mail <zhangxueyuanzhi (at) yahoo.com.cn
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