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Bezig met laden... The Supreme Identitydoor Alan W. Watts
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Modern Civilization, Watts maintains, is in a state of chaos because its spiritual leadership has lost effective knowledge of man's true nature. Neither philosophy nor religion today gives us the consciousness that at the deepest center of our being exists an eternal reality, which in the West is called God. Yet only from this realization come the serenity and spiritual power necessary for a stable and creative society.One of the most influential of Alan Watts's early works, The Supreme Identity examines the reality of civilization's deteriorated spiritual state and offers solutions through a rigorous theological discussion on Eastern metaphysic and the Christian religion. By examining the minute details of theological issues, Watts challenges readers to reassess the essences of religions that before seemed so familiar and to perceive Vedantic "oneness" as a meeting ground of all things - "good" and "evil." In addressing how religious institutions fail to provide the wisdom or power necessary to cope with the modern condition, Watts confidently seeks the truth of the human existence and the divine continuum.In this eye-opening account of "metaphysical blindness" in the West, Watts accents this dense exploration of religious philosophy with wry wit that will engage inquiring minds in search of spiritual power and wisdom. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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". . . . This is why one must become again as a child to enter the kingdom of heaven, and also why a Buddhist is called tathagata, that is, one who comes or goes 'thus.' In silence of the mind, in which one is simply aware of 'what is' without comment, all believers can suspend their opinions and together contemplate reality."
Okay . . . I think. You'll have to make of it what you will, unless you too suspend critical thinking, while doubting yourself because you don't "get" the deep, deep meaning of the gibberish.
It appears Watts hadn't yet read enough of Buddhism at the time of writing this to learn that according to its precepts, because everything is constant change, there is no "identity"; and that it is intended that one "let go" of the delusion that there is.