Thanks, Orn, I was hoping others would bring up other triunes that would apply. Vam may have already given us some from the Eastern traditions.
On Sep 12, 12:11 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > What Molly said…and, since you are apparently new to ME, such notions > of triunes appear to be innate within us rather than the dogma of one > theology and arise within many cultures and epochs, mostly within > philosophy and ontology. One simple example can be found in Plotinus: > > “Plotinus is considered to be the founder of Neoplatonism. Taking his > lead from his reading of Plato, Plotinus developed a complex spiritual > cosmology involving three foundational elements: the One, the > Intelligence, and the Soul. It is from the productive unity of these > three Beings that all existence emanates, according to Plotinus. The > principal of emanation is not simply causal, but also contemplative. > In his system, Plotinus raises intellectual contemplation to the > status of a productive principle; and it is by virtue of contemplation > that all existents are said to be united as a single, all-pervasive > reality. In this sense, Plotinus is not a strict pantheist, yet his > system does not permit the notion of creatio ex nihilo (creation out > of nothingness). In addition to his cosmology, Plotinus also developed > a unique theory of sense-perception and knowledge, based on the idea > that the mind plays an active role in shaping or ordering the objects > of its perception, rather than passively receiving the data of sense > experience (in this sense, Plotinus may be said to have anticipated > the phenomenological theories of Husserl). ….” > > For more, continue reading at:http://www.iep.utm.edu/plotinus/ > > On Sep 12, 7:32 am, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > my view, and thanks for asking, is that while nothing is external to > > god, god is also an essential part of who I am. The paradox here, is > > that I am both differentiated (individual), and undifferentiated > > (god). I am god (Father), myself (Son), and my experience (Holy > > Spirit), expressed in states and stages and dimensions of > > consciousness. > > > On Sep 11, 9:45 am, Simon Ewins <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 2009/9/11 Molly Brogan <[email protected]>: > > > > > there is nothing external to god > > > > It now appears that there are two gods, then. Yours, which is not > > > accountable to any standards apart from itself and Pat's which is > > > accountable to Logic (and from there to a lot of other things by > > > necessity). > > > > Or are you adopting a panentheistic position vis a vis your god? > > > > As I understand pantheism and panentheism... > > > > It is most accurate is to say that pantheists claim that god is IN > > > everything. > > > > The distinction is needed because of panentheism which declares that > > > everything is a PART of god. > > > > A pantheist would say that god is in a rock while a panentheist would > > > say that the rock is a part of god, in a way that could be viewed as > > > comparable to the rock being to god what our DNA (or a molecule) is to > > > us. > > > > Panentheism's position is that it is the elemental aspects of the > > > universe that comprise god -- as opposed to pantheism which sees god > > > as permeating those elements. > > > > In a panentheistic view I suppose that Logic, Morality, etcetera is a > > > PART of God. Is this close to your view?- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
