tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post4820142217779563085..comments2024-03-28T13:47:00.644+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Goethe's urphaenomenon - the point at which one must stop asking questions (and why)...Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-32289543927609100982019-05-22T10:37:39.275+01:002019-05-22T10:37:39.275+01:00Great post as always, and comments are of high qua...Great post as always, and comments are of high quality. Always learning - thank you.<br />Nathanielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-7146822339659333062019-05-21T23:29:08.179+01:002019-05-21T23:29:08.179+01:00As a methodology for clearing the mind and breakin...As a methodology for clearing the mind and breaking through concepts I'm sure Buddhism is good and much more an advanced philosophy than Christianity. But Christianity has a certain superior, simple and straightforward way of relating to truth. But really westerners turn to Buddhism as their individualistic retreat, which is why the way to romantic Christianity must be opened. Buddhism can be good as far as clearing the mind and potentially being able to see the face of God looking back. <br /><br />But staying in Buddhism doesn't ultimately lead anywhere, except possible individual dissolution and collective fall-back into maya until nature has run its course, or whatever.<br /><br />Only Christianity seem to be able to 'restore' creation. And surely, when I look at a human being, I would like to see an image of God (albeit imperfect) rather than a random assembly of.. parts?Adilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12458942641355740167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-43487202874194609222019-05-21T19:28:10.367+01:002019-05-21T19:28:10.367+01:00I'm sure you're right, Eric, especially si...I'm sure you're right, Eric, especially since opposites tend to meet at the extremes. That's probably why Buddhism is the easiest form of spirituality for materialists to adopt once they become dissatisfied with their materialism.William Wildbloodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231219533755925897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-24495094217796220932019-05-21T17:46:35.600+01:002019-05-21T17:46:35.600+01:00@ William
I think Buddhism coincides with materia...@ William<br /><br />I think Buddhism coincides with materialism in that it reduces things or phenomena to their parts in order to expose the "nothingness" of it all. For example "a human is not really a human but only body parts that assemble something we call A Human". This is useful in certain way, but perhaps not as a ultimate philosophy. Christianity is the opposite in that it focuses on the essence and whole of the human being and the forms - that beauty is actually something real.Adilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12458942641355740167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-66711623956076396922019-05-21T17:32:38.165+01:002019-05-21T17:32:38.165+01:00In Sweden, we have a popular science magazine call...In Sweden, we have a popular science magazine called "Illustrated Science", which illustrates science in an supposedly 'interesting' and readable manner for a mainstream audience. Basically, science as "entertainment" or junk-food. The pages are filled with enlarged pictures of ugly bacteria and and scary insects, as if nature was a horror movie. In the latest edition, the front-page is covered with a depressing mud puddle and a headline saying: "LIFE originated in a water puddle".<br /><br />I could only laugh sarcastically inside while noting I had just come across one of the clearest examples of the supertitious insanity of mainstream materialism.Adilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12458942641355740167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-36407971790664417702019-05-21T15:37:23.704+01:002019-05-21T15:37:23.704+01:00I have come to the same conclusion! That beings ar...I have come to the same conclusion! That beings are the fundamental things which cannot be broken down into something more primary. This, of course, is contrary to Buddhism and other non-dualistic systems of thought but that is because (in my opinion) these restrict the person to its phenomenal part, the ego in other words. But there is an individual reality behind this and it is the job of spirituality in the West to uncover and develop this, in line with the way shown by Christ. <br /><br />For Buddhists this is a lower form of spirituality because the self is still involved and we are consequently still in the realm of duality, but that is because they misconstrue the idea of the self, confusing the phenomenal ego with the spiritual individuality. This is why none of these systems have any explanation for creation or the manifested world if one dismisses the idea of creation. <br /><br />And note that individual means that which cannot be divided any further thereby implying its fundamental reality as stated in the post. William Wildbloodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231219533755925897noreply@blogger.com