THE POWER OF A 'REFERENCE'

 THE POWER OF A 'REFERENCE' -

A reference (real or imaginary) divides anything into (different) parts.

Firstly, for 2 things to be perceived as different, there has to be some property of theirs with regard to which they are different. Now consider a white canvas. All points on it are identical. Draw a vertical line on it in the middle. Suddenly there are 2 parts that are different from each other. But the 2 parts are identical in shape and size and colour. Still how come they are different? What property of theirs distinguishes them? Well, it is that one is to the right of the line and the other is to the left of the line. That's the property. But that is not an intrinsic property of the 2 patches themselves, as such. I am seeing them with reference to something (here, a line) and that's what makes them different. That referencing divides the canvas into 2 parts. So consider anything. And imagine some reference (real or imaginary) anywhere in space. Talking in the language with regard to that reference, every point on that object will be DIFFERENT. Thus, a reference (even an imaginary one) has DIVIDED anything into DIFFERENT parts, even without touching it!