'The Tragic Duality of Man'

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Namaste,

 

I came across this thought-provoking poem:

 

" Placed on this isthmus of a middle state,

A being darkly wise, and rudely great:

With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side,

With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride,

He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest;

In doubt to deem himself a God, or Beast;

In doubt his Mind or Body to prefer;

Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err;

Alike in ignorance, his reason such,

Whether he thinks too little, or too much;

Chaos of Thought and Passion, all confused:

Still by himself abused, or disabused;

Created half to rise, and half to fall;

Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all;

Sole judge of Truth, in endless Error hurl'd:

The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! "

 

Aleaxander Pope

 

Regards,

 

s.

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--- sunderh wrote:

> Namaste,

>

> I came across this thought-provoking poem:

>

> " Placed on this isthmus of a middle state,

> A being darkly wise, and rudely great:

> With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side,

> With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride,

> He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest;

> In doubt to deem himself a God, or Beast;

> In doubt his Mind or Body to prefer;

> Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err;

> Alike in ignorance, his reason such,

> Whether he thinks too little, or too much;

> Chaos of Thought and Passion, all confused:

> Still by himself abused, or disabused;

> Created half to rise, and half to fall;

> Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all;

> Sole judge of Truth, in endless Error hurl'd:

> The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! "

>

> Aleaxander Pope

 

 

and i can hear a jnani say:

 

[all this].. "yet lo!..'tis but a fragment of my

Totality."

 

namaste,

frank

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Namaste Frank-ji,

 

Is this the Achilles heel of Intellectual Philosophy or of

Mysticism, where Mysticism bids good-bye to Philosophy?

 

Regards,

 

s.

 

 

 

advaitin, f maiello <egodust> wrote:

> > The glory, jest, and riddle of the world! "

> >

> > Aleaxander Pope

>

>

> and i can hear a jnani say:

>

> [all this].. "yet lo!..'tis but a fragment of my

> Totality."

>

> namaste,

> frank

[Guest guest]

sunderh wrote:

> Is this the Achilles heel of Intellectual

> Philosophy or of

> Mysticism, where Mysticism bids good-bye to

> Philosophy?

 

hariH OM! sunderji-

 

i'd say it's good-bye to the presumption of any

possibility of KNOWING *through* philosophy.

otherwise philosophy, like anything else in the world,

serves as [vital] entertainment.

 

all [our] conceptions and perceptions number amongst

the infinite shards of the ONE Being.

 

namaste,

frank

 

 

 

 

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