What is a river? It's not the water, it's not the current, it's the synthesis of those things, and yet it's nothing at all. A river is a process. So too is our human soul, the combination of physical factors, yet nothing really at all. We are not a thing, we are a becoming.
It is dangerous because of lack of a moral compass...when you look at it from orthodox Abrahamic perspective, and commandment constuct...But if you look at yourself from the perspective of "self", you will realise it is indeed how it was/is since creation or before...
This is advaita philosophy. I've studied Bhakti Vedanta because we can only be one in quality but not one in quantity. We are not god. Just a drop of the whole ocean. The supreme cannot be impersonal as he is describing because how do we have multiplicity and energy in this world. Energy comes from the energetic...beautiful comes from the all attractive. These qualities have to be from a form. Not formless. And we are only part and parcel of this form. Not one.
The whole other side of this is Alan isn't preaching, he says in many of his talks not to take him seriously, he's an entertainer. He's not Hindu or Buddhist, not a Christian, nothing, he just likes to talk. He's not telling anyone what to do or what to believe in.
When a society or culture exist at the level of a tribe, in those societies/culturally there usually exist a class of people or man that goes into the wild/nature and tries to understand it and its spirit. He/they then brings that knowledge back to his community and helps them to understand nature (when it will rain or why some natural disaster happened etc). Many cultures have Shamans, you would have seen some Native Americans priests with feathers on head or African priest that go in wild, it is kind of like that. In India/Hinduism, it is one of the many earlier forms Shiva though unlike others Shiva is a God and is not limited to a single role or character
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Ok wait literally for the last sentence- mind blowing
What is a river? It's not the water, it's not the current, it's the synthesis of those things, and yet it's nothing at all. A river is a process. So too is our human soul, the combination of physical factors, yet nothing really at all. We are not a thing, we are a becoming.
Dangerous ideas are simply those that challenge power structures.
Om namah shivaya 🔱🕉
Wow
Beautiful
It is dangerous because of lack of a moral compass...when you look at it from orthodox Abrahamic perspective, and commandment constuct...But if you look at yourself from the perspective of "self", you will realise it is indeed how it was/is since creation or before...
33:39 the mastery
Plz add subtitles
Was this lecture ever filmed?
50 / 50 chance 😇
Someone did I’m sure
26:40
This is advaita philosophy. I've studied Bhakti Vedanta because we can only be one in quality but not one in quantity. We are not god. Just a drop of the whole ocean. The supreme cannot be impersonal as he is describing because how do we have multiplicity and energy in this world. Energy comes from the energetic...beautiful comes from the all attractive. These qualities have to be from a form. Not formless. And we are only part and parcel of this form. Not one.
Alan would say that's your opinion and your at liberty to hold it, "but I don't agree with you" it sounds like your pushing the creator meme 🙂
The whole other side of this is Alan isn't preaching, he says in many of his talks not to take him seriously, he's an entertainer. He's not Hindu or Buddhist, not a Christian, nothing, he just likes to talk. He's not telling anyone what to do or what to believe in.
When it comes to metaphysics: From the writer, to the reader, to the teacher; It’s all a matter of perception.
Very dangerous ideas, indeed ^^
27 minutes: what a shaman is
When a society or culture exist at the level of a tribe, in those societies/culturally there usually exist a class of people or man that goes into the wild/nature and tries to understand it and its spirit. He/they then brings that knowledge back to his community and helps them to understand nature (when it will rain or why some natural disaster happened etc). Many cultures have Shamans, you would have seen some Native Americans priests with feathers on head or African priest that go in wild, it is kind of like that. In India/Hinduism, it is one of the many earlier forms Shiva though unlike others Shiva is a God and is not limited to a single role or character