I'd like to first say that I am inviting people of all traditions-- religious, philosophic, home-brewed, nonreligious, etc-- into this discussion.
What I am really interested in right now is finding out what people feel are essential elements, essential truths of the human condition insofar as humans perceive the universe. I would rather this not be a dialogue so much as a list. So any dialogue about the validity of another poster's "shared truth" should be TAKEN OUTSIDE. Furthermore, I would prefer if we keep this very human-centered so that the elements/truths that we list must be those presumed or believed to be "shared by all" (kommein) humans. There, thus, could be theological assertions, but their implications should be geared toward human experience. Anyway, what is written here, then, might have "spiritual" implications, but they may not. For the purposes of my book, I will be considering the posts with spirituality in mind; however, any angles can work.
I will start of by giving some examples:
-- All humans have memories of some sort of paradise [as reflected by such narratives as: Genesis and the Garden of Eden, Kristeva's oceanic/prenatal stage, T.S. Eliot's heart of silence, sexual consummation, etc.
-- We are, to our current knowledge, the only perceivers of reality in that we are aware of our perception as perception...
-- We all must have food and water and shelter and love (which psychologist said that?)
-- All of our physical bodies will perish.
Your turn. Thanks.
AMC
What I am really interested in right now is finding out what people feel are essential elements, essential truths of the human condition insofar as humans perceive the universe. I would rather this not be a dialogue so much as a list. So any dialogue about the validity of another poster's "shared truth" should be TAKEN OUTSIDE. Furthermore, I would prefer if we keep this very human-centered so that the elements/truths that we list must be those presumed or believed to be "shared by all" (kommein) humans. There, thus, could be theological assertions, but their implications should be geared toward human experience. Anyway, what is written here, then, might have "spiritual" implications, but they may not. For the purposes of my book, I will be considering the posts with spirituality in mind; however, any angles can work.
I will start of by giving some examples:
-- All humans have memories of some sort of paradise [as reflected by such narratives as: Genesis and the Garden of Eden, Kristeva's oceanic/prenatal stage, T.S. Eliot's heart of silence, sexual consummation, etc.
-- We are, to our current knowledge, the only perceivers of reality in that we are aware of our perception as perception...
-- We all must have food and water and shelter and love (which psychologist said that?)
-- All of our physical bodies will perish.
Your turn. Thanks.
AMC
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