Many profess no belief in a transcendent reality, that only their meat & matter is real. This profession of no belief is itself a transcendent reality, rising beyond the meat one claims one only is. Subjectivity exists and is transcendent.
Of course, one can insist that one's subjectivity is the only subjectivity in contact with TRUE REALITY and that all other subjectivities are WRONG. But isn't that a stance of exclusion, a religious stance at its worst, a stance that one who professes anti-religious, anti-transcendent sentiments abhors?
I find this rather amusing: stiff-legged dogs sniffing each others' butts for any scent of transcendence which will set them growling, while knowing that scent only because they have a transcendent component themselves.
Those who are anti-transcendent fall readily into the old familiar trap: my transcendence is the only worthy transcendence -- a stance at once both hilarious and painful.
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i enjoy your meat, and potato thoughts! it was a very hearty breakfast for the mind. thanks for sharing. :)
ReplyDeleteYes, a belief that there is no God, no transcendence, etc. is just another belief and all beliefs are traps. Knowledge or certainty of a proven fact trumps any certainty of an unproven belief. And as Jesus said, "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set ye free." Jesus did not say belief will set you free.
ReplyDeleteMy perspective is no more real than any other lens to see through. However to see from this perspective is amazing unto itself and does not require any further justification. I am sure anyone elses perspective is equally amazing. In-joy but don't get too attached. It will surely change.
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