Richard, I'd appreciate it if you'd be a little more careful with snipping. You've erroneously attributed this bit about challenging Maharishi's assumptions to me when it was Curtis who said it!
On Friday, May 16, 2014 4:52 PM, "'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> wrote: On 5/16/2014 4:00 PM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: > I challenge his fundamental assumption that "knowledge is structured > in consciousness." This is epistemological bogus and psychologically > manipulative. > You've totally lost me on this one. It is a standard Vedanta and Vajrayana theory first put forth by Asanga - that consciousness is the ultimate reality. Apparently they don't teach Hindu Vedanta or Buddhist Vajrayana philosophy at MUM. Go figure. "Duality is only an appearance; non-duality is the real truth. The object exists as an object for the knowing subject; but it does not exist outside of consciousness because the distinction of subject and object is within consciousness." (IV 25-27) Sharma, p. 245-246. According to Sam Harris, to say that consciousness may only seem to exist is to admit its existence in full—for if things seem any way at all, that is consciousness. Consciousness is the one thing in this universe that cannot be an illusion. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
