tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post1539059180033462792..comments2024-03-27T11:16:36.951-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: God is Not Seen, But the Means of SeeingGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-28499626345698846502015-10-16T08:48:27.894-07:002015-10-16T08:48:27.894-07:00"Relativism," in those instances where i..."Relativism," in those instances where it is not offered as an alternative in opposition to what is universally true, seems to me to be a form of obscurantism hiding what might more accurately be termed "that which is self-referential." For example, saying, "Bless you," when someone sneezes. You <i>could</i> say that saying, "Bless you," is relative and therefore you do not have to do it, or you could perhaps call it self-referential. But then the liberal-progressives would have to admit that <i>not</i> being self-referential is to change who you are. And for rhetorical reasons they cannot admit that they are changing who we are.popemobilenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-65662132806684290522015-10-16T08:34:49.226-07:002015-10-16T08:34:49.226-07:00"However, I would frame this in terms of crea..."However, I would frame this in terms of creation, i.e., that things have their source in the creator God (i.e., they are not passive emanations from an impersonal God)."<br /><br />That's a pretty big difference in that it dramatically affects one's approach to the divine reality. Specifically in terms of love and humility. For what it's worth I think you're right and Schuon is wrong.William Wildbloodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231219533755925897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-51670215653260640092015-10-16T08:33:46.560-07:002015-10-16T08:33:46.560-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.William Wildbloodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231219533755925897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-84278695905931457062015-10-15T12:00:43.007-07:002015-10-15T12:00:43.007-07:00Or, from a slightly different angle, the reason wh...<i>Or, from a slightly different angle, the reason why we can know anything about an object is because we cannot know everything about it, the latter of which being reserved for God.</i><br /><br />Whoa. That will keep 'em from leaning into the strike zone. mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-55343928930220620162015-10-15T10:31:36.071-07:002015-10-15T10:31:36.071-07:00For example, one cannot really "see" Dar...<i>For example, one cannot really "see" Darwinism, or leftism, or scientism. Rather, these are ways of seeing the world.<br /><br />And by their fruits you shall evaluate them.</i><br /><br />Yes - rather like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchineel" rel="nofollow">manchineel</a>, only far more deadly. In the case of Darwinism, rather ironically not conducive to the fitness of the species.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-60505506199373726212015-10-15T10:22:12.302-07:002015-10-15T10:22:12.302-07:00"In these early writings it is as if an immen...<i>"In these early writings it is as if an immense energy were forcing a passage through a narrow channel, or a huge mass were being compressed to its utmost. The sheer scope and power of the content constantly threaten to burst the confines of the verbal receptacle."</i><br /><br />Like a rope through the eye of a needle, perhaps; only possible with divine assistance...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-39349393355819676332015-10-15T09:31:25.847-07:002015-10-15T09:31:25.847-07:00Here 'tiz:
Schuon extended interviewHere 'tiz:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9T90GWfk40" rel="nofollow">Schuon extended interview</a>Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-80278666516347961322015-10-15T09:27:00.503-07:002015-10-15T09:27:00.503-07:00This post is full of synchronicities. You'd ca...This post is full of synchronicities. You'd cause a thought in this reader and then you'd write about it.<br /><br />Been thinking about Schuon lately and there is a new extended interview of him on youtoob, btw.<br /><br />I remember once we spoke of the warnings received from people like Schuon to make nothing of "events" in your life such as "irruptions" and so forth. Since in themselves they are not something special (or rather the receiver isn't by virtue of having received them). Instead, the value in them (if there is or isn't any) can be seen in what kind of fruit they produce or if the person is transformed, etc. The importance is in "what" they do rather than "who".<br />If I have it right..<br /><br />Try to catch that Schuon interview.. not that it touches on this. Just that there are so few of them.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.com