emptybill: > > Zeno Nagarjuna reveals the dirty little secret. > > Like Bradley, Nagarjuna would dialectically analyze every concept and show that it is neither existent, nor non-existent, nor both, nor neither.
> Yer jus' a figment of my imagination ... > Actually, it is not correct, in the case of Shankara's Advaita, to say that things and events are a 'figment' of one's imagination, that is, imaginary constructs. Things and events are not real, yet not unreal, is a more accurate statement vis-a-vis Advaita. Illusions are real while they are being perceived, but it is a superimposition on the real. The rope, mistaken for a snake, is a real event, just not an accurate perception. Likewise, the horns on a hare, sky-flower, etc. So, we perceive that things move about, but all perceptions are filtered through our consciousness. "See how the flag moves in the wind? Maybe it's your mind that is moving." - Old Zen Saying So, if I am driving down a Texas highway out by Eldorado and I see what looks like a wet spot on the road, even though it has not rained in sixty days, do I swerve and brake and run into a ditch? > > > > CC is not a static state but is a signpost on the > > > > road to development of freedom... > > > > > > > One is just moving towards Brahman anyway so these > > > are just the "scenery" along the way... > > > > > Actually, people are not "moving" anywhere. Brahman is > > an already existent; not an object of cognition, and > > absent all movement. > > > > All people need to do is *isolate* the scenery from the > > Reality. The scenery is just apparently moving, but not > > really - things don't really move about from one place > > to another. Perceived movement is just a series of > > thought instants. Movement is impossible - it's just > > an illusion. > > >
