When any of us says something is true, we are saying we believe it.
"It is part of my belief system, therefore true."
Some aspects of one's belief system are held as true by the majority,
hence form a popular delusion that works for the moment
within a certain context, i.e., the current worldview or
generic thought domain.
The next realm's thought domain, as evidenced by
the copernican, newtonian, einsteinian, quarkian progression,
might and probably will reveal our current meta-view as
old-fashioned, ignore-ant, even primitive.
I don't know that there is anything to do about this,
except to acknowledge it, and to possibly step outside
our belief system, our thought domain.
Of course, for many, this is unthinkable and will not be thought.
For others, it is understood but seen as far too much trouble
and that attention is best directed elsewhere.
For some, however, the possibility / probability of existing
outside thought, without reflection, is attractive and viewed
as a worthy endeavor.
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I doubt that anyone will comment on this, partly because it is Friday, and partly because we humans don't usually think or care to think about the framework of our thinking, its origins and its ephemeral nature, and the high probability that our treasured framework of reality will be supplanted in the future by deeper, wider insights obtained by those who are even now thinking way "outside the box" and doing so by periodically having no thought at all.
ReplyDeleteGeorge, I like your comment as much as I like your post. Here is my comment; my thoughts about my thoughts are limited by my way of thinking. I have already accepted that my "reality" is a limited non-reality influenced by my own 'filter,' innate acceptance of an elaborate sense of separateness, or 'delusion.' I also accept that my way of thinking is part of this same limitation. What you seem to be suggesting is that 'thought' may in fact exist outside of these 'me' structures. Well, why not? If a larger reality exists outside of my limited reality, that encompasses my and everyone's reality, why not thought? If my spirit is part of The Spirit, in my reality is part of The Reality, it follows that my thought, individual as it may be, is part of The Thinking. I love George. You expand my universe, The Universe.
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ReplyDeleteyou said in comment..."periodically having no thought at all." I like that... every now and then my husband will say...so Kathy what do you think? and i respond by saying "i don't" why that feels so good...i don't know? maybe I'm just brain-lazy.
(((hugs)))
Kant bifurcated statements into analytic and synthetic species; the former necessarily true (their denial yielding a logical contradiction) and the latter--being empirically grounded--are contingently true. The former are trivial, cold and sterile (e.g., all triangles have three sides); the latter are rich: born from human experience.
ReplyDeleteThis was Kant's belief system...
This thought progression--the evolving milieu of paradigm shifts--involves adopting the so-called synthetic species of statements as 'favorite lines or angles' in our 'combat' with "what is."
I agree that we confer 'truth' upon the structural members of our belief system. It's curious, however, that many seem possessed by their beliefs--not merely the possessors of them. An even more curious human condition is fundamentalism, where the 'beliver' is entirely encapsulated and imprisoned by their self-imposed structure--their heads locked in a single direction with no peripheral vision. Their confining solitary style suffocates their life's breath and the Voice of the Universe falls silent (but not hopelessly so)...
Stepping outside our belief system is equivalent to Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do: a style without a style. I appreciate his following observation:
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One cannot express himself fully when imprisoned by a confining style. Combat "as is" is total, and it includes all the "is" as well as "is not," without favorite lines or angles. Lacking boundaries, combat is always fresh, alive and constantly changing. Your particular style, your personal inclinations and your physical makeup are all 'parts' of combat, but they do not constitute the 'whole' of combat. Should your responses become dependent upon any single part, you will react in terms of what "should be" rather than to the reality of the ever changing "what is."
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Stepping outside our 'favorite lines' allows us to freshly experience pure is-ness--to hear and resonate with the Song of God...
--Gary
Thank you Gary for your beautifully logical (Logos-i-cal) point to the other side of the story. I am reminded that I must continue to develop my capacity for Beauty and Love which exist outside all bounds -- the bounds that I set.
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