Edgar,
Einstein may have been a pretty effective one-trick-pony hard scientist, but he
did not have the Awakened Eye: he had never practiced. He was born 50 years
too soon to have had the opportunity.
This explains why he uses naive Realist and Dualist language.
No fault of his own! And in fact, he actually exemplifies the Naive Realist
perspective and expression just *PERFECTLY*, in a beautifully quaint Nineteenth
Century sort of way. Kudos! (or, "Good on him!", Merle might say).
But let's read Bill!'s reply. I just had to jump in and compliment the
Relativist on his perfect and probably unparalleled exemplification and
advocacy of Naive Realism: it probably surpasses even your own.
--Joe
PS See the teachings of the "Mind-Only" School, a.k.a., Yogacara. It only
died out in India because of the Muslim Conquests. It did not die out
elsewhere. Ch'an and Zen have incorporated it, along with Madhyamika. The
Consciousness-(Mind-) Only School is an entire philosophical system with no
naive establishment of a belief in a physical world.
> Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote:
>
> Bill,
>
> Funny! Einstein clearly states that he agrees with me and Buddha there is a
> real external world completely independent of Bill's imagination...
>
> This quote disagrees with Bill's core belief so why does Bill post it?
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