Thank you for this - I am refreshed by your focus on the kinds of ideas that can lead us to the "Good, True, and Beautiful". One sentence did leave me scratching my head: "The 2022 Nobel Prize for Physics went to Alain Aspect, John Clauser, and Anton Zeilinger for experiments that overturned one of our most fundamental beliefs: the unive…
Thank you for this - I am refreshed by your focus on the kinds of ideas that can lead us to the "Good, True, and Beautiful". One sentence did leave me scratching my head: "The 2022 Nobel Prize for Physics went to Alain Aspect, John Clauser, and Anton Zeilinger for experiments that overturned one of our most fundamental beliefs: the universe is not locally real." What exactly did they overturn? Can you clarify this?
Overall, I strongly resonate with what you are pointing out here. "The more deeply you consider it, the more it becomes obvious." Yes, so true. I have long been baffled as to why it isn't more obvious to more people. Although I was raised by atheistic, humanist parents, this has been an obvious truth for me my whole adult life. Probably the recreational LSD trips I took in college have played a significant role in freeing me from the materialist illusion.
But as you point out, the problem is that materialism acts as a kind of religion in the minds of materialists who pride themselves as being enlightened, educated, scientific, free of religion. It's ironic that they can't see this about themselves. My father, a very ethical man overall, was quite blind in this respect, though I am happy to assert that he was neither selfish nor greedy.
But consciousness has a flame-like quality, and can effect what is around it the way one flame ignites another. You are actively engaged in igniting flames. Materialism is like a candle snuffer, but I like to believe that the light is growing stronger in human consciousness (outer evidence often seems to contradict this) and that the candle-snuffer of materialism won't ultimately prevail.
In 1959, a Russian dissident named Daniel Adreev wrote a book based upon a vision he had while in prison about a future time when all religions would be peacefully united under one central understanding which he called "The Rose of the World". The book, published long after his death, bears the same title. From the publisher's blurb: "It offers a prophetic call for the spiritual reunification of all people and an open and harmonious relationship among the great world religions. For Daniel Andreev, The Rose of the World is a spiritual flower whose roots are in heaven; each petal is a unique image of the great world religions and cultures, and the whole flower is their joint co-creation with God."
Thank you for this - I am refreshed by your focus on the kinds of ideas that can lead us to the "Good, True, and Beautiful". One sentence did leave me scratching my head: "The 2022 Nobel Prize for Physics went to Alain Aspect, John Clauser, and Anton Zeilinger for experiments that overturned one of our most fundamental beliefs: the universe is not locally real." What exactly did they overturn? Can you clarify this?
Overall, I strongly resonate with what you are pointing out here. "The more deeply you consider it, the more it becomes obvious." Yes, so true. I have long been baffled as to why it isn't more obvious to more people. Although I was raised by atheistic, humanist parents, this has been an obvious truth for me my whole adult life. Probably the recreational LSD trips I took in college have played a significant role in freeing me from the materialist illusion.
But as you point out, the problem is that materialism acts as a kind of religion in the minds of materialists who pride themselves as being enlightened, educated, scientific, free of religion. It's ironic that they can't see this about themselves. My father, a very ethical man overall, was quite blind in this respect, though I am happy to assert that he was neither selfish nor greedy.
But consciousness has a flame-like quality, and can effect what is around it the way one flame ignites another. You are actively engaged in igniting flames. Materialism is like a candle snuffer, but I like to believe that the light is growing stronger in human consciousness (outer evidence often seems to contradict this) and that the candle-snuffer of materialism won't ultimately prevail.
In 1959, a Russian dissident named Daniel Adreev wrote a book based upon a vision he had while in prison about a future time when all religions would be peacefully united under one central understanding which he called "The Rose of the World". The book, published long after his death, bears the same title. From the publisher's blurb: "It offers a prophetic call for the spiritual reunification of all people and an open and harmonious relationship among the great world religions. For Daniel Andreev, The Rose of the World is a spiritual flower whose roots are in heaven; each petal is a unique image of the great world religions and cultures, and the whole flower is their joint co-creation with God."
that's so beautiful. I love the image of the flower.