The observable (i.e. tangible, external to the mind) reality is the manifestation of something else. As with a human body: it is moving for some time, and then, one day, suddenly, it stops moving and we don’t have any “technology” to make it move again. Which is logical proof of the existence of that “something else”. We don’t even know …
The observable (i.e. tangible, external to the mind) reality is the manifestation of something else. As with a human body: it is moving for some time, and then, one day, suddenly, it stops moving and we don’t have any “technology” to make it move again. Which is logical proof of the existence of that “something else”. We don’t even know what it is. For lack of a better word, we sometimes refer to it as “energy”, which also is not a defined “something”, merely an attribute to make communication easier.
The same goes for love, like the romantic attraction between two persons. We don’t know what it is. We tried to explain it with hormones, then pheromones, than instincts, but all this is again assigning attributes, external markings on something that we cannot get hold in any way. Discouraged, unable to pinpoint it, we destroyed the concept by using the original word in the original meaning to describe other behaviors (different “types” of love) and even material objects. Insane.
No wonder that people have always tried to approach that unknowable something from various angles. Religion and philosophy being the most obvious disciplines. Esoteric and occult paths being a slightly more elusive ones. It all seems to be an attempt to find that secret key that opens the deeper meanings of what we experience every day.
It is a very interesting issue. If there is the end (of life, world), what is beyond this end? If it is endless, how is it possible? If I am here for xx years, where was I before? What next? These are legitimate signs of the unknowable search of every one of us. Some express it, some keep it to themselves, some try to not touch the subject. But the subject is, was and will be.
You are correct. However, it should be left as intellectual speculation, an amusement for idle moments; not an all-consuming obsession, and certainly not a 'Tenured employment.
It is far from amusement, and not an obsession. Its value cannot be underestimated when you make an observation, drape it in a few ornaments, patch it up with some fancy words, and release to the world as a new concept. Sooner or later will you be invited for interviews, lectures, and voila you can create a new source of income streams for yourself and others. No small game. Darwin did it, Newton did it, Einstein did it, and we we have a mass formation psychosis. Nicely criticized by classic psychologists, but who cares. The ball is rolling. Not an amusement any more.
It is said one of Budda's greatest lessons involved staring at a flower for hours. One of his followers burst out laughing. Budda exclaimed something like this was the only student who 'got it'.
The observable (i.e. tangible, external to the mind) reality is the manifestation of something else. As with a human body: it is moving for some time, and then, one day, suddenly, it stops moving and we don’t have any “technology” to make it move again. Which is logical proof of the existence of that “something else”. We don’t even know what it is. For lack of a better word, we sometimes refer to it as “energy”, which also is not a defined “something”, merely an attribute to make communication easier.
The same goes for love, like the romantic attraction between two persons. We don’t know what it is. We tried to explain it with hormones, then pheromones, than instincts, but all this is again assigning attributes, external markings on something that we cannot get hold in any way. Discouraged, unable to pinpoint it, we destroyed the concept by using the original word in the original meaning to describe other behaviors (different “types” of love) and even material objects. Insane.
No wonder that people have always tried to approach that unknowable something from various angles. Religion and philosophy being the most obvious disciplines. Esoteric and occult paths being a slightly more elusive ones. It all seems to be an attempt to find that secret key that opens the deeper meanings of what we experience every day.
It is a very interesting issue. If there is the end (of life, world), what is beyond this end? If it is endless, how is it possible? If I am here for xx years, where was I before? What next? These are legitimate signs of the unknowable search of every one of us. Some express it, some keep it to themselves, some try to not touch the subject. But the subject is, was and will be.
"But the subject is, was and will be."
You are correct. However, it should be left as intellectual speculation, an amusement for idle moments; not an all-consuming obsession, and certainly not a 'Tenured employment.
Oh, no, how dare you?
It is far from amusement, and not an obsession. Its value cannot be underestimated when you make an observation, drape it in a few ornaments, patch it up with some fancy words, and release to the world as a new concept. Sooner or later will you be invited for interviews, lectures, and voila you can create a new source of income streams for yourself and others. No small game. Darwin did it, Newton did it, Einstein did it, and we we have a mass formation psychosis. Nicely criticized by classic psychologists, but who cares. The ball is rolling. Not an amusement any more.
It is said one of Budda's greatest lessons involved staring at a flower for hours. One of his followers burst out laughing. Budda exclaimed something like this was the only student who 'got it'.