old3bob Posted 4 hours ago 3 hours ago, Bindi said: What if there is no Absolute that an embodied human can ever partake in? I suspect the “Absolute” Is a philosophers dream, embodied reality is a far more complex issue. In embodied reality it’s likely impossible to simply not worry and be happy, anyway it would be fundamentally immoral to take this attitude in some situations. I'd say that all Beings have a spark of the same absolute "within", (the "cave of the heart") so we could say that the absolute or Self is embodied but veiled in most of us; such a realizatin is pointed to in the Upanishads and many other teachings; thus identity as only being a complex human Being or other form can be seen for what it is and appreciated but not bound by. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bindi Posted 3 hours ago 15 minutes ago, old3bob said: I'd say that all Beings have a spark of the same absolute "within", (the "cave of the heart") so we could say that the absolute or Self is embodied but veiled in most of us; such a realizatin is pointed to in the Upanishads and many other teachings; thus identity as only being a complex human Being or other form can be seen for what it is and appreciated but not bound by. Your philosophy is one amongst a number of philosophies, there is no consensual agreement about your belief. The most I could agree with is that some humans, especially spiritual seekers, often feel that something is missing, which your belief system calls the absolute or the Self. What’s actually missing, how can it be known, and how can it be reinstated, without referring to any external philosophies? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
