Interesting stuff...but I'm quite wary of the idea that the experienced reality is kinda-illusory in comparison to a higher reality that seems to, at best, be briefly experienced in this life in certain mystic visions.
Perhaps if every NDEr and medium communication told us this was the case, but even there we don't seem to get much confirmation.
I'll have to look deeper into the historical nature - is it high castes enjoying the fruits of lower castes while waxing on about the illusory nature of the exploited people's suffering?
Perhaps if every NDEr and medium communication told us this was the case, but even there we don't seem to get much confirmation.
I'll have to look deeper into the historical nature - is it high castes enjoying the fruits of lower castes while waxing on about the illusory nature of the exploited people's suffering?
'Historically, we may regard materialism as a system of dogma set up to combat orthodox dogma...Accordingly we find that, as ancient orthodoxies disintegrate, materialism more and more gives way to scepticism.'
- Bertrand Russell
- Bertrand Russell
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