[Dwai] So long as it is an opinion I have no problem with that. If you were cognizant of Classical Indian Philosophy (predates Western Philosophy by several thousand years by some accounts) -- Adi Shankara would be one of the stalwarts you would have encountered. He espoused Advaita Vedanta and brought about a huge revival of Upanishadic philosophy and Uttara Mimamsa school in general.
As far as Western Mysticism goes -- I don't really know much about it, except what I've read seems to indicate some form of self mutilation or repressed sexuality (during the middle ages) or the classical mind-body divide (another shining aspect of SOM?). Please note, there is no offense meant here. [Krimel] I do not live in the east and while I find eastern philosophy interesting I am not much interested in the evolution of doctrine there. I spend quite a bit of time on Jewish and Christian doctrinal evolution because it is interesting to me personally as it informs the views of my friends and neighbors. I do think people should be acquainted with all aspects of their culture. I find the degree of religious illiteracy in the west appalling but I would not put say the Apostle Paul on any list of profound thinkers. Influential, yes but profound, no. Nor would I expect you to be interested in Arias, or Valentinus. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
