---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <punditster@...> wrote : On 5/16/2014 2:58 PM, curtisdeltablues@... mailto:curtisdeltablues@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: > R: But, I would have thought you would have come to question MMY's human > consciousness model about midway in your first Philosophy 101 course. > So, why did it take you so many years to put it all together? > > C: You would think. But I had PHDs carefully shaping our conclusions. > We were questioning lots, but the conclusion always came back to the > empirical experience of Unity Consciousness. We figured that with that > experience we were fulfilling the strictest epistemological criteria. > That makes sense, but I wonder where you got the idea in the first place to major in philosophy at MUM?
C: Because it was the major that allowed me to focus on Maharishi's teaching the most. It was the major for the most hard core TMer guys. I loved it.. R: So, it is an intellectual exercise. If so, then it's going to be a real challenge to argue against the 'Consciousness Only' or the Idealistic point-of-view. In the West, you'd have to argue against Immanual Kant, George Hegel and Arthur Shopenhauer. Not an easy task. C:Kant and Hegel where such eccentrics. I don't relate to them at all now. Neurosicience has eclipsed a lot of their speculations for me. Do you relate to those guys these days? I would rather remove my eye than read those guys again. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com http://www.avast.com
