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u/dharmis ยท 1 pointr/Creation

Yes, if you look at things only from the point of view of the senses, a table is just a table. But we don't analyze reality that way. When we see something we don't just sense it, we also integrate the sensations through our mind. So a table, aside from particular table X, it is also an abstract idea that is nevertheless real. Because that idea exists across many objects. Similarly, a number is an idea that is present in all its instantiations, but does never diminish.

Also, from another point of view, a table is an object with a function and the function of "being used as a table" can migrate to other objects as well, such as a stone slab on the ground. The tableness of the table is not lost when supplanting it with a stone slab because the tableness is also a function.

To give an analogy. A book can be analyzed by thickness, weight, the number of words, etc. And that analysis is correct and real. However, beyond this analysis is the analysis of the meaning of the words, sentences and thematic meaning as well. This makes the ink blots not only inkblots, but also symbols of meaning, of ideas.

You can also deny the reality of the mind and say that ideas are not like things, they are just illusions, but then you won't have science, theories, anything more than plain sense perception. If ideas are not real, then theories are not real, science is not real, morality etc.

As far the non-moving part of reality, that is indeed accounted for in Sankhya but not in this particular article. It is God which is that reality behind everything, the source of both conscious souls and the reality "external" to the souls which they perceive. And how that reality is organized it is described by Ashish Dalela in the book Six Causes: The Vedic Theory of Creation, which is a great read if you are inclined towards creationism and ID. In chapter 9: The Nature of God's Power, there is an extensive presentation of the intricacies of Vedic theology as it relates to what you are refering to as a "non-moving" point. But that's another discussion. Here is a taste from the book description, to give you an idea of how Indian philosophy can analyze creation:

"The Personal Cause of Creation explores the properties of consciousness, its quest for meaning and self-knowledge and how that quest forms the basis for the creation of the universe.

The Efficient Cause of Creation describes the mechanism by which the quest for meaning gradually becomes thoughts, desires, judgments, plans and actions, thereby creating various experiences.

The Instrumental Cause of Creation discusses the Vedic view on the senses, mind, intelligence and ego as the instruments that experience meanings, and embed meanings into matter.

The Formal Cause of Creation describes the nature of meanings and how these meanings are created as subtle information and then embedded into space-time to create differentiated objects.

The Systemic Cause of Creation explains how information in the mind is transformed into energy which is then represented into matter as sound vibrations denoting meanings.

The Material Cause of Creation describes how information is encoded as vibrations in space-time, and how modifications of these vibrations create other observable physical properties."