Month: July 2024

• July 25, 2024

  The Birth Of Modern Atheism: Universal Consent Under Attack

  Perhaps the chief “moral proof” argument in defense of the existence of God was termed “universal consent.” It was not regarded as a logical demonstration the point of which was to prove the indubitable existence of Divinity, but it did count for a good deal, writes Alan Charles Kors in his erudite book Atheism in…
• July 24, 2024

  Is It True That I Don’t Move Through Space?

  Common sense would have it that I can, and very often do, move through space. Is it true? What does the direct path teaching of Advaita Vedanta show? Three Prakriyas, or Lines Of Inquiry The First: Movement involves going from here to there. But there is not-here. So, the first question is: “Where am I…
• July 23, 2024

  The White Light Of Eternity And The Question Of Diversity

  How does the nondual teaching answer the question of “the one and the many” as well as that of “why there is something rather than nothing?” So far as I have seen, it tends to offer two explanations: ontological and epistemology. I’m more familiar with the latter, and I find it more compelling. I. Ontological…
• July 22, 2024

  Can’t Objects Come From Somewhere Outside Of Consciousness?

  Question: You spoke about how consciousness could not have emerged; instead, you suggest that all objects appear to consciousness. Could you contrast this with some of the rival dualistic traditions in future, whether Western or otherwise? I can see why consciousness is fundamental in its own right but I can’t see why the deliverances to…
• July 20, 2024

  There’s No Such Thing As A Previous Experience

  1. There’s no such thing as a previous thought or a previous experience for that matter. 2. You can’t experience a previous sensation. There’s only the sensation arising now. You can seemingly remember an allegedly past sensation–but that’s something I’ll come to shortly. 3. Likewise, you can’t experience a previous thought. You can seemingly have…