Steve, >> Hi ED. Thank you. As you may have gathered, I tend to look for such >> correlative >>common-denominators among the world's spiritual traditions. >>
I found this below quote from Coomaraswamy (cited in the article you provided) supportive of a perennial philosophy: >It is not of course suggested that any Indian elements whatever are actually >present in Eckhart's writing, though there are some Oriental factors in the >European tradition, derived from neo-Platonic and Arabic sources. But what is >proved by analogies is not the influence of one system of thought upon >another, >but the coherence of the metaphysical tradition in the world and at all >times. < Mike ________________________________ From: SteveW <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 28 March, 2011 1:58:49 Subject: Re: [Zen] Why bother with Zazen? --- In [email protected], "ED" <seacrofter001@...> wrote: > > > > Mike, > > Fascinating! I had never imagined a connection between kundalini and > zen! > > If you have not already seen it, you and Steve and others may find the > century year old work of a Canadian psychiatrist, Dr. Maurice Bucke, > titled: 'Cosmic Consciousness' quite fascinating. > > In it, Bucke examines the 'cosmic consciousness' experiences of: The > Buddha, Jesus, St. Paul, Plotinus, Mohammed, Dante, Las Casas, John > Yepes, Francis Bacon, Jacob Behmen, William Blake,Honore de Balzac, Walt > Whitman, Honore de Balzac, Walt Whitmen and Edward Carpenter, as well as > 36 other 'lesser' cases. > > --ED > > Hi ED. Thank you. As you may have gathered, I tend to look for such > correlative >common-denominators among the world's spiritual traditions. > Steve >
