Quoting Krimel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [Platt] > Thanks. One more question. What do you find problematic in the following > passage? > > "One would hardly imagine that picking up a college physics textbook one is > actually handling a religious document that has carefully been scrubbed > clean of all dirty words such as intuition, eternity and Godhead. But the > central concern of physical science revolves around the concept of energy > and its transformations, whether those transformations occur in molecules, > biological systems, or computers. And how is the Energy described? It can be > neither created nor destroyed, put together nor taken apart, and on the > whole it is neither increasing or decreasing, remaining always constant. > This, in fact, is the First Law of Thermodynamics. Further, the Energy of > the universe, which remains forever constant, undergoes "transformations" or > "manifestations, for all types of energy and matter, whether kinetic, > thermal, or molecular, are spoken of as "Forms of Energy." As a matter a > fact, all phenomena in the universe are nothing but forms of Energy, so that > his Energy, more or less, underlies all material things. (Sunlight) This is > pure physics, but it sounds strangely familiar, and one begins to wonder if > we are discussing physics of Hinduism. Ultimately, it matters not one whit > whether we say that all things are forms of Energy or forms of Brahman." > (Ken Wilber, "The Spectrum of Consciousness,."p.185---parens added) . > > [Krimel] > I think this illustrates beautifully the trouble with Wilber. > > He is going along fine. Who could argue with that and then POW: > > "Ultimately, it matters not one whit whether we say that all things are > forms of Energy or forms of Brahman." > -Ken Wilber, "The Spectrum of Consciousness, > > It most certainly does matter. Hinduism has little more than metaphor to > offer particle physicists. Who is the Hindu god of the weak force? > > BTW, I meant that sunlight is the force under girding life on earth not that > it is fundamental to the cosmos.
Thanks. Have a good Memorial Day. Platt ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ 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/
