PERCEPTIONS: … philosophical essays about the illusion of the self

It’s all just … a perception
       
       
       Me and Arij … try to define life.
       
       We do it … almost … as a hobby.
       
       We became without even realizing … what some people would define as … philosophers.
       
       But we feel more … just … ordinary persons … that simple can’t stop thinking of the meaning of life.
       
       Our own lives … but also of life in general.
       
       And all we write … it’s kind of a philosophical dance.
       
       A mix of perceptions …. very well synchronized.
       
       The perceptions of an … ordinary man … and the one of an amazing … young … feminine spirit.
       
       And the question that might come into your mind … could probably be … what it’s the purpose of this book?!
       
       Why did you bothered to write it?!
       
       Well … first of all … cause we love talking about philosophy … but also give the others the impulse of realizing anyone has the right and the power to talk about the existence of the human being.
       
       Starting the philosophical journey … talking about contradictory issues …. might be … weird … difficult … but
       
       also … annoying.
       
       But time will pass … and continuing walking into this path … we get used …
       
       We start enjoying it …
       
       And then …. we believe … we found the absolute truth.
       
       I smile … cause i did that one million times.
       
       On and on … and on.
       
       Later … changing my perceptions … into a totally contradictory direction … i realized the illusion of all those thoughts and believes.
       
       Today … all i am doing with Arij … it’s almost for fun.
       
       It’s like we would tell you that we decided to go fishing and enjoy the day … but …. our hobby it’s not about fishing, but about … philosophy.
       
       It’s about a path … that we believe that will reveal us the meaning … of life.
       
       All we write about … are simple … perceptions.
       
       … our own perceptions… from a certain period of our lives.
       
       Nothing more …
       
       … nothing less.
       
       But … we continue doing it.
       
       Nobody could judge us … cause it’s all about a hobby of ours.
       
       And you all … have this fundamental right of analyzing and defining the world too.
       
       No one is allowed to … judge you.
       
       Express your self …
       
       Dare to do it … in silence or … very load.
       
       Even Kant’s ideas … or Rumi’s ideas … and all the other great thinkers … were just … perceptions.
       
       So ….
       
       Join us … on this philosophical path … and ….
       
       Who knows?!
       
       Maybe the real secrets will be revealed to you … quite soon.
       
       Much sooner as you might expect ….
       
       
       
       (Adrian Gabriel Dumitru)