Hi Dante,<br><br>my own position would be very akin to that of critical realism, i.e. there is indeed something out there that we are part of, we do exist as entities, persons, etc .. and unless you are part of the 0.00001% of those with mystical capacities, primordial unity will be just an abstract concept,<br>
<br>I find love and engagement to be more truly operative, and love requires separate beings that must bridge a gap,<br><br>michel<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 9:41 PM, Dante-Gabryell Monson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dante.monson@gmail.com">dante.monson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">related to<div><br></div><div><a href="http://listcultures.org/pipermail/p2presearch_listcultures.org/2009-May/002687.html" target="_blank">http://listcultures.org/pipermail/p2presearch_listcultures.org/2009-May/002687.html</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>where I notice�</div><div><br></div><div>"<span style="font-family: monospace; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: medium;">What if that ethos was in fact the best way to experience</span></div>
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><pre>the Primordial Unity?"</pre></span><div>and also</div>
<div><br></div><div>"<span style="font-family: monospace; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: medium;">So, I reject any</span></div><div>
<span style="font-family: monospace; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: medium;">notion that reality is a pure construction of the human mind."</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: monospace; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: medium;"></span>It leads me to re-member these views�</div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmir_Shaivism" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashmir_Shaivism</a></div><div><br></div><div>excerpt :</div>
<div><br></div><div>"<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">descriptors denote a standpoint that�<i>Cit</i>�(consciousness) is the one reality. Matter is not separated from consciousness, but rather identical to it. There is no gap between�<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173);" target="_blank">God</a>�and the world. The world is not an illusion (as in�<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advaita_Vedanta" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(6, 69, 173);" target="_blank">Advaita Vedanta</a>), rather the perception of duality is the illusion."</span></div>
<div><br></div><div>which may possibly have a parallel with some of the points you seemed to put forward,</div><div>even though I am also aware, from your email that you said, at that moment�</div>
<div><br></div><div>"<span style="font-family: monospace; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: medium;">I make no claims to metaphysical expertise and</span></div><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"><pre>
must remain agnostic in these matters."</pre></span><div><br></div>
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