I'm continually amazed how many people believe they can think their way to know Reality! It's a very strange theory, but there certainly are a lot of people who have bought it.
The central message revolves around 'self'...ah yes, the 'self' (I'll talk about this theory another time.) The theory says that self, by way of rational thought and repeatable experiments, will be able to know (thoughts again) what is real (having reality it itself; or as Buddhist's say- "real from it's own side"), and by way of this knowledge (putting it to use, by manipulating reality) find true happiness. That's quite a theory!
I've never heard of anyone becoming truly happy by using the theory. I suspect it's rather like being born, but never dying. Yet I'd guess over 99% of post-modern Westerners believe the theory and hold onto it throughout their lives. (That's great brainwashing!) I hope it's comforting, because that's about all it's good for (and with medical assistance, perhaps a few more years of suffering.)
Now for the sad part- believing this theory makes you a prisoner of your thoughts. So long as you hold onto this theory you'll NEVER find freedom; and without freedom you'll suffer. One needn't think to know.
"The only real valuable thing is intuition." Albert Einstein
Matthew
The central message revolves around 'self'...ah yes, the 'self' (I'll talk about this theory another time.) The theory says that self, by way of rational thought and repeatable experiments, will be able to know (thoughts again) what is real (having reality it itself; or as Buddhist's say- "real from it's own side"), and by way of this knowledge (putting it to use, by manipulating reality) find true happiness. That's quite a theory!
I've never heard of anyone becoming truly happy by using the theory. I suspect it's rather like being born, but never dying. Yet I'd guess over 99% of post-modern Westerners believe the theory and hold onto it throughout their lives. (That's great brainwashing!) I hope it's comforting, because that's about all it's good for (and with medical assistance, perhaps a few more years of suffering.)
Now for the sad part- believing this theory makes you a prisoner of your thoughts. So long as you hold onto this theory you'll NEVER find freedom; and without freedom you'll suffer. One needn't think to know.
"The only real valuable thing is intuition." Albert Einstein
Matthew
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