tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post3326072600063161432..comments2024-03-28T12:10:26.197-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Summa VocationGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-91616869434439306712016-10-07T20:48:26.822-07:002016-10-07T20:48:26.822-07:00Alternatively, “The Transcendent is immanent in th...Alternatively, “The Transcendent is immanent in the world, otherwise the world would not exist, and the Immanent is transcendent with respect to the individual, whom otherwise it would not surpass.” can be understood using the American symbol of the Universe.<br /><br />The imagery used to understand this is "the Feathered Sun".<br /><br />The statement by Schuon must be understood in the light of the idea of the macro cosmos (the universe out there) and the micro cosmos (man or the universe within each one of us).<br /><br />This also implies that all knowledge can be found within each of us.<br /><br />Academic Motivatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05085347996466831349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-33939255375112758942016-10-07T20:28:28.368-07:002016-10-07T20:28:28.368-07:00“The Transcendent is immanent in the world, otherw...“The Transcendent is immanent in the world, otherwise the world would not exist, and the Immanent is transcendent with respect to the individual, whom otherwise it would not surpass.”<br /><br />Imagery helps in understanding the above: The Ying-Yang Symbol<br />https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53cc56d1e4b073a0e8c08bc1/t/54b096f9e4b02156349e9281/1420859132098/Ying_yang_sign.jpgAcademic Motivatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05085347996466831349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-35385057117788929982016-10-07T20:22:41.433-07:002016-10-07T20:22:41.433-07:00I devoured the works of Frithjof Schuon some years...I devoured the works of Frithjof Schuon some years ago.<br /><br />He approves of truth which is presented in "usefully new ways".'<br /><br />I would describe Frithjof's mind as "exuberantly geometrical". <br /><br />Generally speaking, "Survey of Metaphysics and Esoterism' should not be the first book for the begining reader for an encounter with Frithjof Schuon's works.<br /><br />It's too dense and presupposes a pneumatic predisposition or at least reading at some depth in literature.<br /><br />"Survey of Metaphysics and Esoterism' is fresh air for minds that need rejuvenation.<br /><br /> Academic Motivatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05085347996466831349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-20475852502571258532016-06-26T12:58:41.785-07:002016-06-26T12:58:41.785-07:00Raccoon Special Forces<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/racooon-chain-over-wall_us_5768af51e4b0853f8bf1fe90?" rel="nofollow">Raccoon Special Forces</a>Joan of Argghh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14729682908266300507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-62328175401582299292016-06-24T18:10:08.921-07:002016-06-24T18:10:08.921-07:00I am currently on my fourth time through Survey, a...I am currently on my fourth time through Survey, and there are still portions of it that are 'too big to eat' if you will. I just make a note - 'I have no idea what this means' and keep moving. Maybe next time I will understand! My first time through I had to take it line-by-line to have any hope of unpacking Schuon's incredibly potent prose. So many sentences just spill out paragraphs of explanation and significance: <br /><br />“The Transcendent is immanent in the world, otherwise the world would not exist, and the Immanent is transcendent with respect to the individual, whom otherwise it would not surpass.” (4)<br /><br />“...the real and the good coincide...” (16) <br /><br />“The Universe is a fabric woven of necessity and freedom, of mathematical rigor and musical play; every phenomenon participates in these two principles.” (18)<br /><br />“The paradox of the human condition is that nothing is so contrary to us as the requirement to transcend ourselves, and nothing so fundamentally ourselves as the essence of this requirement, or the fruit of this transcending.” (42)<br /><br />“...once man exists he is ipso facto the author of his actions, which have the same reality or unreality as his existence...” (139) <br /><br />Sorry, got carried away...too many to choose from!<br /><br />Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01750808052006968358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-89620883815911169322016-06-24T13:35:11.121-07:002016-06-24T13:35:11.121-07:00Certainly Christianity teaches the hidden power of...<i>Certainly Christianity teaches the hidden power of abandonment to Divine Providence: like Father, like Son, like us. A blestavus for the restavus!</i><br /><br />And thus we go from being whited - or not-so-whited - sepulchres to being dwelling places for the Living.<br /><br />Lovely meditation for the weekend; thanks.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.com