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RE: Theos-World Re: curiosity

May 28, 2004 06:25 AM
by Ali Hassan


From: "prmoliveira" <prmoliveira@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Theos-World Re: curiosity
Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 01:20:31 -0000

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, leonmaurer@a... wrote:


> The "essential oneness of all existence," like the equivalence of
matter and
> energy, might be eventually proven as a scientific fact based on
fundamental
> laws of nature inherent in space itself.

That which is "unthinkable and unspeakable" (to mention the quote of
the Mandukya Upanishad in the first fundamental proposition in the
Proem of the SD) cannot be "proven as a scientific fact" as long as
Aristotelian categories and logic dominate science's view of itself
and of its method of understanding and exploring reality.

Perhaps only a mind which is completely free from category-induced
thinking can glimpse that Reality.
Completely free? Why set the bar so high, Pedro, why paint yourself into a corner, for just a glimpse? ;-). Is Infinity so harsh a taskmistress? How about 'mostly free'? Or 'very free' with good intentions? Leave a little wiggle-room for your own humanity?
Then, perhaps with complete immersion in Reality would come later, relatively complete freedom from categorical thinking?

Such a mind probably would have
no desire to prove anything for 'proofs' exist only at the level of
discourse and categorisation.
Got that right, eh. The only thing left to prove for such a mind is "which is better, Italian cooking or Chinese". This, truly is the imponderable mystery.

Pedro

regards-

Ali

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