David Goldman America’s journey is the Christian pilgrimage that cannot end with an earthly goal. Thus, Huckleberry Finn is an exemplar of Christian literature as much as is The Pilgrim’s Progress. The journey is motivated not by the destination but by the restlessness of the pilgrim. There is only one possible conclusion to Huck’s adventure: … Continue reading “Irwin Lieb, R. G. Collingwood, William Poteat, Soren Kierkegaard*”
Collingwood says that knowledge is achieved by a dialectical process of question and answer. Question and answer, he further says, corresponds to imagination and assertion. He points out that these moments in dialectic, moments of imagination and of assertion, are ideal divisions and that they are really, if properly understood, indistinct in that each presupposes … Continue reading “More on R. G. Collingwood”
If the sole object be the attainment of the Highest Truth (the supreme goal of existence) the single Upanishad of Mandukya is sufficient. — Muktlkopanishad The Upanishad (Mandukya) with the Karika embodies in itself the Quintessence of the substance of the entire philosophy of Vedanta —Sankara. Reference: Here Helpful: Here If one journeys to the … Continue reading “2nd Rumination on Encounter with Mandukya Upanishad and Karika of Guadapada with Sankara’s Commentary”
Blaise Pascal, Pensee number 84: It is with rash insolence that we belittle the great to our own measure, as when talking of God. Matthew 11:27 Neither doeth anyone know the Father, but the son, and he to whom it shall please the son to reveal him. Matthew 7:7 Those who seek God find him. … Continue reading “Concerning U Chan Htoon’s paper on Buddhism”
This is a workup which I might edit later. Irwin Lieb, formerly Chairman of the University of Texas at Austin Philosophy Department, and my professor, stated that the only individual is the entire Universe itself. We are only nominally individuals, he said. Vedas: Soul of man is same as soul of universe (Svetasvatara) Upanishad: He … Continue reading “Gita and Rabbinic Philosophy, and Lieb, and others”
I’m on page 269. I wish I could recall which university course this book goes with. Of course it was philosophy, but don’t recall which one. Perhaps William Poteat’s course on “Eroticism, Music, and Madness”. Seems fitting. Details on the book: A Fawcett Premier Book copyright 1940, Harcourt, Brace and Company. This augmented edition copyrighted … Continue reading “More on Rougemont”
God descends into matter in order to re-emerge a self realized being. This is transfiguration on a cosmic scale. Just beyond the fringe of our understanding true faith waits to take us from the sound of silence to the brilliant resonance of God’s glory. Consciousness’ refinement from art through religion, science, history and finally philosophy … Continue reading “More on Cultural Epochs”
There is nothing that can be said that can do more for understanding the full meaning and purpose of life (enlightenment) than what a finger pointing at the moon can do for ‘seeing’ the moon. Zen proverb It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory … Continue reading “Cultural Epochs”
The Real takes shape in memory alone. Marcel Proust We are only individuals at present and the only real individual is the One, all that is. Our actions are only apparently real. Nothing really happens. Our actions are caused by the whole of things, not really by our will. Therefore, only the One is an … Continue reading “History, Culture, Language, and Ethos”
“In the order of intelligible things his intelligence holds the same rank as does his body in the expanse of nature, and all it can do is perceive the appearance of the middle of things, in an eternal despair of knowing either their beginning or their end. All things proceed from the nothing, and are led … Continue reading “Commentary on Grand Unified Theory”
