Guest guest Posted June 17, 2003 Report Share Posted June 17, 2003 Namaste! For those list members who have been confused (and perhaps annoyed) by occasional digressions into 'subjective idealism' and the Western philosopher Berkeley, let me briefly say this: (1) This will be discussed in October in detail and should be quite stimulating, providing a different angle on Advaitic ideas, (2) meanwhile you may enjoy reading a brief and interesting article called 'Berkeley and Hinduism at: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Styx/3149/berk.htm Advaitins should be pleased to see similar philosophies arising 'spontaneously' in other cultures. The key point is that 'materialism' is how the world appears when we are at a low level of consciousness, and 'immaterialism' (or idealism) is how it appears when we are more inspired. It is not just a coincidence that 'materialism' has two negative connotations and 'idealism' has two positive connotations. In both cases, the connotations are related. Om! Benjamin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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