Nothing can be distinguished wihtout the criteria of self to distinguish things. Why?

Answer 1

Because there is no "other" without the "I," and there is no "I" without the "other." Read CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD by Neale Donald Walsch.

Answer 2

As others have said I too will say :

To distinguish you need to have a distinguisher.
To have a distinguisher the distinguisher should be different from the "thing" being distinguished.

If there is no distinguisher then who will distinguish, so nothing can be distinguished.

So this distinguisher is the "criteria of self to distinghish things".
I just proved nothing can be distinguished without the criteria of self to distinguish things.

How does a distinguisher distinguish things ?
He distinguishes based on his memory+intellect (including memory of education, experiences, biases, beliefs), ego (what constitue one's ego - likes, dislikes, attitudes, what i think i am),
mind (emotions etc.).

So the criteria that define a distinguisher are memory+ intellect,
ego and mind.
They are the same for all distinguishers.

If you anayze in details then the basic criteria on which an individual distinguishes are what makes the "What I am" and they are :

'a part and a whole','an equivalence and a uniqueness',
'a tie and a bound','an influence and a sensation',
'an origin and a derivative','a choice and a determinant',
'an intent and a fulfillment',


SO THE CRITERIA OF SELF ARE INVARIANTS AND ARE MUST TO DISTINGUISH THINGS.

Answer 3

Because all things are perceived entirely relative to the individual self, ergo, no sense of self = nothing is distinguished. E.g. The sound of a tree falling is but silent to the profoundly deaf.

Answer 4

Everything depends on the observer's viewpoint !

Ciao.......John-John.

Answer 5

"SELF" includes everything form or formless nothing is other than self ,the state of "ADVAIT" is all in one just "ONE" "EK" ,In that "I" I is the universal truth.
www.ramana-maharshi.org

Answer 6

,,,i don't think that statement is an absolute only truth...