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Descartes: Reviving the West's Greatest Modern Vedantist



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é Descartes' famous phrase, "Cogito, ergo sum"—"I think, therefore I am"—is thought by postmodern theory to be the essence of the modern West's anti-body, anti-earth, phallologocentric imperialistic bent. In this clip, Ken explains how the postmodern critique of Cartesian dualism only gets the
story half-right, ignoring the profound contribution of a philosopher who actually linked consciousness and being in a manner as profound as the greatest causal sages, East or West.


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In non-duality? ... ( 5 months ago by douginamerica)
In non-duality? What sense do you apply it? The Supreme Brahaman, I mean the unknowable being? If you apply it to the world and Brahaman then you will fall into illusion not because of Brahaman but because of Indra's net. In a clearer sense, you are an imperfect being given to false perception.
and yet all those ... ( 5 months ago by davidtitterington)
and yet all those words- "imperfect" "being" "clearor sense"-only have meaning and only exist because of their opposites. If you are aware of time, there is a timeless; being brings forth non-bing; a child brings forth a parent. cant have one without the other. Indra's net is a great image of how holographic every point in the universe it. Every point reflects the whole, while also maintaining its individual integrity.
1. No one is aware ... ( 5 months ago by douginamerica)
1. No one is aware of time. I do not mean time in every day living. Not like a watch. What is time? Is it inifinite? if it is then how can we put any marking on it?
Duality only works if you are seperate from Brahaman. If you are not seperate then there is only substance of Spinoza.
2. We can not understand perfection. So we have no reference for perfection. While we can understand negation of light, darkness.
I disagree Doug. I ... ( 5 months ago by davidtitterington)
I disagree Doug. I believe "perfection" a very real kind, is Identified in satori, and then Emptiness is understood clearly as manifesting continually the "Great Perfection" or pure form. (the perfection and numinous shimmering of mind in all things).
I don't follow. ... ( 5 months ago by douginamerica)
I don't follow. Please provide an instance, proof or argument how the mind can conceive or percieve perfection?
If you want to know ... ( 5 months ago by davidtitterington)
If you want to know what "the Great Perfection" means, you'll have to do the experiment of meditation.technically, you need the signified in order to know the corresponding referent of the particular signifier). take up a similar injunction used by the authors to produce or induce that referent or shared experience. It's like Galileo makes a claim about moons. Then he says look through the telescope. That's the injunction. You look, and now have a better idea of what "the moons of Jupiter" mean.
So what is the ... ( 5 months ago by douginamerica)
So what is the injunction to know perfection? You are using terms that mean very little. I am asking for an argument for the mind to know perfection.
david is talking ... ( 5 months ago by Glass2007)
david is talking about Satori, ie non-dual realization. Identifying with the "one taste" of being, "I-amness". A state of being in which no comparison can be made, because it is outside of duality... this is a very hard concept to express to someone who has not seen it directly. The only injunction I can tell you is to meditate on form and formlessness, until you have a non-dual experience. That is a poor answer to your question, but it is all that I can think to tell you.
david is talking ... ( 5 months ago by Glass2007)
david is talking about Satori, ie non-dual realization. Identifying with the "one taste" of being, "I-amness". A state of being in which no comparison can be made, because it is outside of duality... this is a very hard concept to express to someone who has not seen it directly. The only injunction I can tell you is to meditate on form and formlessness, until you have a non-dual experience. That is a poor answer to your question, but it is all that I can think to tell you.
perfection is ... ( 5 months ago by billyjo1881)
perfection is purely created from nothing. it is an epistomology that one creates and knows as it being perfect.the evidence follows.
souls do not think, ... ( 5 months ago by blunklaura)
souls do not think, so are they really beings, or what are they?
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perfection, once ... ( 4 months ago by GoatmanAvatar)
perfection, once achieved, causes the creation of new problems. Satisfaction is never satisfied for long.
The "soul" does not think ?? The soul DOES think, but the soul is not made of WHAT it thinks. To know the exact details of what we are and how it works is an impossible task. To see something in its entirety is also to separate yourself from the object desired to be known. when the object desire
d to be known is the basis of I AM'ness is to separate one'self from one'self.........
after thinking of ... ( 4 months ago by GoatmanAvatar)
after thinking of my previous comment i realised such a pursuit may be possible..... to separate ones self from ones self may lead to the creation of a new existence with ...... "ones self" as the "god" ( or base intelligence energy from which all shall be born. Think about this idea and offer critique and compliments
Descartes refined. ... ( 4 months ago by mazorblock)
Descartes refined. "I think"
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I had an awakening ... ( 1 week ago by koele1)
I had an awakening ...and All is One. "Source" Is All creation and directs all evolution. It is all around us and within each of us - alive as the energy of the universe. Consciousness is the "observer" beyond the "I" - and it is eternal as it returns to source after death. We chose to be here to enjoy physical form. Life on earth is a gift that ego spoils/wastes. Ego is the cause of suffering as it has a misunderstanding of form and purpose. Live and enjoy every moment and find enlightenment.
koele do you really ... ( 10 hours ago by eydos)
koele do you really believe in that mumbo-jumbo? be realist, there is no plan in evolution, there is no meaning to our lives in universal terms. get a grip on reality!
I would rather call ... ( 10 hours ago by eydos)
I would rather call life a curse:)
No big deal. I'm ... ( 8 hours ago by koele1)
No big deal. I'm not attached to any of the words (mumbo jumbo). But the obvious "plan" of evolution is survival and expansion, is it not? Mutations and selection that bring about increasing complexity to the various systems of life. And *pop* here we are. The most conscious creation on this planet struggling to see (or choosing not to see) the bigger picture through this cloud of Me and Mine. The universe becomes increasingly self-aware through us. Hurray for progress! and we both like cats ;)



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