This post is primarily about On the Question of REALITY: ment for Saimum

Saimum wrote me a short mail and began with asking "How do we define reality?" He attempted to answer this Question by elaborating on some of the topics such as 'Brain-signals', 'Five sense', 'fish in an aquarium', 'Universal Reality', 'really exist or not.' When a person starts thinking about these categories, it is an indication that the person is thinking critically. Saimum's situation is more like Saira Banu in PADOSAN. Now, to make the matter worse, here is a Bengali article on the question of What is Reality? The example is taken from famous Hindi Film Padosan. The article was published in PROTHOM ALO literature page. 

প্লেটো-ও-পাড়োসান ”প্রথম আলো”-র লিঙ্ক 

In this Bengali article the writer gave reference to "Epiphany", "Appearance of Reality", "Gazing at Truth", Plato's Allegory fo the Cave etc. A MUST-read for those who are interested in finding out Where are We?

There is a brief description of Plato's Allegory of the Cave on page 76-77 in Sophie's World. However, the description is hugely summarized. So, the FULL coverage can be found HERE. So, what will happen when Bindu (Saira Banu) will come out of her cave of "perceived reality"? (1) Well, according to Philosopher Kant, she will NOT see the original thinker or "Thing in Itself". This is something we can imagine but can NEVER find. (2) Philosopher Heiddegar might say that Bindu will transform into "Being" because unless you are completely changed, you cannot see the TRUTH. (3) According to Philosopher Foucauld, Bindu will enter the house but will not see the actual singer - she will cast her "Gaze" on Vola and only gradually turn her "gaze" on Bidyapati, the actual singer.

Now, here is a graphic representation of the Cave. I hope you will like it! And Saimum, please go through the page No 198 of Sophie's World, where Descartes says that it is not proper to trust our own senses. And thank you for provoking me to wite this post.