Oh, and just a note...
y'all are taking eastern philosophy in the wrong way.
It's not about finding a logical proof, or showing that something is necessarily true. Rather, it's about getting into a mindset that leads you to revelation.
Think of it this way - aesthetic beauty is achieved through experiencing something. I can listen to a beautiful Ravel, and it's not the notes themselves that derive deep pleasure, it is the physical effect it has on me. It's about the force the music creates, the type of energy it stirs in you.
Kind of like this with eastern phil, it's artistic in a way. It's suppose to put you in a mindset that allows you to make revelations. NOT truths (though certainly many try and use it that way), but instead revelations.
Many, I would probably say all, of the great intellectual steps made in human history were creative steps. Even in math, it was largely someone inspired to go a certain direction by instinct. Eastern phil is designed to try and get you in that mindset.
Don't try and argue it rationally. In fact, don't try and conceive of it rationally. Just do it. Experience it.
y'all are taking eastern philosophy in the wrong way.
It's not about finding a logical proof, or showing that something is necessarily true. Rather, it's about getting into a mindset that leads you to revelation.
Think of it this way - aesthetic beauty is achieved through experiencing something. I can listen to a beautiful Ravel, and it's not the notes themselves that derive deep pleasure, it is the physical effect it has on me. It's about the force the music creates, the type of energy it stirs in you.
Kind of like this with eastern phil, it's artistic in a way. It's suppose to put you in a mindset that allows you to make revelations. NOT truths (though certainly many try and use it that way), but instead revelations.
Many, I would probably say all, of the great intellectual steps made in human history were creative steps. Even in math, it was largely someone inspired to go a certain direction by instinct. Eastern phil is designed to try and get you in that mindset.
Don't try and argue it rationally. In fact, don't try and conceive of it rationally. Just do it. Experience it.