Actually, I remember now - Aleister Crowley. But he's only stating the obvious - that is what everyone believes nowadays, question it and woe betide u...
Who was it who said 'do what you will shall be the whole of the law', again? The problem with Nietszche's depiction is that it doesn't take into accou...
As I see it, mystics are generally non-worldly. But I know that whenever I voice that opinion on DharmaWheel it gets a lot of criticism there also - o...
If you want that kind of enjoyment there's no need to rationalize it. Mystics generally tend towards abstemiousness and it's a hard path, an inconveni...
However could *that* happen. Only kidding. The etymology of the word is contested. Some say it is derived from the word for 'blood', others say that i...
a footnote to the my previous post - I don't want that to come across as being simply dismissive of Hegel - the writings of the Buddhist scholastic ph...
I think the German philosophers generally are the last island of philosophical mysticism - well, save for the likes of Timothy Sprigge - but golly the...
But don't forget the meaning of the word 'ecstacy' - it means 'ex-stasis', outside the normal state. So it is also outside the 'conceptual mind' and t...
It's called 'apotheosis' by the ancient Greeks. In both ancient Greek and Indian culture, there were cults of those who were said to have become divin...
I noticed that Hegel and hermetics book yesterday - there's synchronicity for you. I've been studying mysticism for decades - don't go along with the ...
I'm aware of the homoerotic implications in the Platonic eros, but did 'socially regulated intercourse' imply actual intercourse? Was that the grounds...
Instead of sexual intercourse, it leads to discussions about beauty and to accounts of it. nudge, nudge. There's about a dozen postgrad seminars in th...
But I think the eros of Plato, is not hedonistic. Eros is a form of the spiritual. But, hey, it's a really confusing world right now, although I'll ad...
The original post was actually about 'truth', but became a discussion about religion after the introduction of 'I am the way'... which lead to a discu...
But that doesn't include desiring fast food, porno, mindless entertainment, money, thrills, etc, right? So, yes, if you mean that spiritual teachings ...
'Filling the emptiness' has nothing to do with it, that is simply seeking satiety. As long as we're tethered by desire then it's a treadmill (pace Sch...
That's what I studied as an undergrad and then did a Master of Buddhist Studies. It's the only rigorous way to study the subject, as it requires first...
Nevertheless Hegel is called 'absolute idealist' which means that mind is the primary reality. Where I came back into this thread was with that post a...
But I don't think it is a fair assessment to say that he rejected Kant's critical philosophy outright, rather he commented on it, modified it, and qua...
But if you don't know it, what does it mean to know that you don't know it? Are you suggesting a goal that you can't guarantee the attainment of? Ther...
I think there is a distinction that can be made between reality and existence, in keeping with the sources I mentioned above. 'what exists' is what ca...
Hegel believed we see things exactly as they are in themselves; that is just what 'absolute idealism' means. Can you substantiate that? Every definiti...
Actually I am now starting to understand how to relate that to Hegel. So, the individual is a 'windowless monad' who embodies the memes of the culture...
I read the biography of Watts by Monica Furlong which was published in Australia as Genuine Fake (I think it was called A Zen Life in the US). Warts a...
Have a look at this. This paragraph struck me: http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/04/the-illusion-of-reality/479559/ I thought -at last! ...
That is from Exodus, where God answers the question posed by Moses as to his name: ' God said to Moses, “I am who I am.” He said further, “Thus you sh...
It's also interesting that the Intelligent Design advocates will often accuse both David Bentley Hart and Ed Feser - both representatives of classical...
No apologies, required it's a difficult question and I am by no means expert in them. This is all part of what I consider to be the study of ontology,...
New Scientist Why Physics can't avoid a Creation Event What does this prove? Only that the idea of the universe having had a beginning, is resisted by...
This exchange started with you speaking about 'fundamental waves/particles(/superstrings/whatever) that make up the universe'. What you would have sai...
I don't know if people here have been following the media coverage of the LHC, but physics is facing what it is calling 'the nightmare scenario'. This...
What 'fundamental thing' are you talking about? And if you know what it is, please invite me to your Nobel ceremony. Well, if you think that is 'well ...
I read it as 'composed by humans'. Oh, whatever! Hey thanks so much for clearing that up. We can all sleep more soundly tonight. Right! Another great ...
The argument that 'everything has a beginning' refers to 'things'. God is not 'a thing', so the argument does not, as you say, 'refute itself'. But, a...
Only if you consider God 'a thing' - every compounded thing has a beginning. Find something that is not compounded, that has a beginning, if you want ...
What I meant was: AndrewK "All concepts of God are false because, if there is a God, its true nature would be inconceivable to us puny mortals." Wayfa...
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