This is a very rare video where a prof. (I'm not sure of his name) talks explicitly about the Gnostic view as compared to Platonist Nonduality. Very much worth the viewing time. I would only say that the first part of the expose on nonduality is spiritual speculation when viewed from a modern materialist perspective. And it's here I make my only crucial point: there is really no way to know or demonstrate this metaphysics in any empirical or objective way! Hence, I would argue that it's speculative metaphysics. In my opinion, this leaves the door open for a neo-gnostic interpretation of reality framed within the limits of logic and reason--this is my spiritual endeavor.
Which leads me to the YouTube channel 0ThouArtThat0...I first ran across Matt on the site Zaadz around 2006 and always found him to be an excellent thinker. In this video, he simplifies what modernity is and what post-modernity is (the philosophy of the subject) and offers up an Integral view of where humanity needs to go next. I share his panpsychist view and am sympathetic to his panentheistic nonduality and process philosophy. But, and it's an important but, this view is very much spiritual speculation.
Personally, I'm more into secular buddhism right now. It fits well with Aristotelian natural right ethics, Darwinism, and critical rationalism. But always find gnosticism interesting. Really don't like Platonism much though, 'cause I think the concept of universal forms is bad...also why I don't like Christianity. Gnosticism isn't entirely incompatible with secular buddhism though. Sometimes I think if there is a creator, it's probably some alien kid sitting in a classroom programming a simulation for a school project...and we're just living in a simulated universe. But the creator has no bearing on morality or epistemology really, only on creating the code for the simulation (i.e. making the laws of physics for our universe). That's just my speculative metaphysics though. Also, very possible that there is no creator at all and that the laws of physics are just another instance of apparent design where there is none, as we find in biology. Who knows?
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Hi! Yup, I get it...the views of science and Buddhism are incredibly compelling and I don't take them lightly. I view it as a type of spiritual naturalism and I'm all for it.
The transcendent God of Gnosticism (if there were one) has 'left the building' leaving humanity to its own device as far as I can tell. There are different possibilities in that regard but I'm not up to that discussion at the moment. I'd only say that if kundalini is the gnosis then it's not very Gnostic as Kundalini yoga teaches the Oneness of all things.
I'm an Agnostic Gnostic for very good reasons and I find it a little ironic that modern nonduality proclaimers are incredible gnostic in their assertions--they could use a little agnosticism with their green tea)D
For now, there is only Man and the State...Or, I should say man/wo and the State? WTF are you talking about that evil entity for on an ANCAP site!:P
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and you're missing out on all the fun!
https://in5d.com/160000-light-bodies/
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Interesting post. Thanks. Both speakers seem to offering points about ?? how we have changed mental thoughts about consciouseness?? Not sure, ? Yet both of them are simply this.. just this happening.
Not sure if any of what I just said makes sense. Consciouseness is hard to put into words and track as an evolution as it is all entirely.
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Luciferianism is as meaningless to me as meaningless gets:)
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it is a wonderful play. the devil and fire and amazing artistic makeup. It offers the artists outlets. Love that..
The duality and path of a belief in good and even is exhausting. A mental storm.
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