Who Am I
A fascinating talk by Swami Sarvapriyananda about “Who am I?” through understanding who I am not.
A fascinating talk by Swami Sarvapriyananda about “Who am I?” through understanding who I am not.
Object and the knowledge of object are one and the same. Thus, object is knowledge-of object, that is: Object is of the nature of knowledge. Subject is the knower of object; therefore, subject is nothing but an occasion for knowledge. But subject is itself an object because as it is something known: Subject is known as the … More The Primordial Ignorance: Subject-Object Duality
A Multimedia Series on Identity, Memory, Dementia
A Forgotten Life: A 3 part examination into dementia and memory loss. From Kendall F. Person and introducing theoretical physicist Tomaj Javidtash. Debuts October 16 Only @ thepublicblogger.com http://vimeo.com/108732118
The Path to Greatness Situation is outward identity; identity is inward situation. Identity is something always situated; it is always in a relationship with the other. The identity of the other is not fixed but rather a function of the other identities to which it is related. Identity is not an alien entity put into … More Destined for Greatness
How we perceive the world tells something about us and not the world. World is essentially nothing other that the outward reflection of inward perception as I am myself nothing other than the inward reflection of outward perception. To overcome the infinite regress implied by the apparent bipolarity of experience we can only posit a … More Existence as Misunderstanding
Creative Misunderstandings of Existentialism Jean-Paul Sartre was not a trained philosopher but a brilliant writer; he created philosophical literature but never a rigorous philosophy. He actually never studied philosophy academically, but he was under the influence of the phenomenological movement and its methods. Sartre’s existentialism is a misunderstanding of phenomenology and its tenets, for phenomenology … More Man and Existence
Human as Veil Captivation in Acceptedness When we as human beings try to get a glimpse of truth we often fail to do so because truth is concealed by our very humanity. Our humanity is itself the first and the last and the only veil behind which The Absolute and The Infinite dwells. It is … More Mazed & Amazed
The world we see is the way we see the world. In reality there is no world-in-itself; there is only worldview: In every historical era power institutions run by self-proclaimed elites rise and pronounce their worldviews to coincide with the world-in-itself. But they don’t conform to what is; they make what is to conform to … More Bondage is the New Fashion