Love, Buddhism, dialectic, and the dictates of Science…
The message to a noisy world is simple: silence. The message to a hateful world is also simple: love. So the remedy for any extreme situation would seem to be its opposite, at least in the short term. This can be a zig-zag situation, though, of course, flip-flopping back and forth between extremes with no middle ground. Certainly some Westerners with a racial background of extreme violence take the love love love remedy too far to the other extreme. This is the genius of Buddhism, that it constantly seeks that middle ground ‘sweet spot’ of mutual accommodation, which should ideally be the outcome of any ongoing dialectic, and constantly self-correcting. But while some scholars and priests might claim this as a higher truth, I’d say that it is simply a superior method, and therefore akin to science. There are laws that require separation of church and state, not church and science…
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quantumpreceptor 12:24 pm on May 12, 2019 Permalink |
Very interesting Hardy. I think science really should have a branch devoted to the study of meditation and or eastern teachings. It’s a proactive solution to an old problem.
QP
hardie karges 2:39 pm on May 12, 2019 Permalink |
And vice-versa, also, IMO, as that gap is now too wide for mere yawning; it needs to be bridged…
quantumpreceptor 2:42 pm on May 12, 2019 Permalink
It would be a great way to control the conversation in a logical and nondogmatic way. Leaving the snake oil salesman out to lunch and the seekers of wisdom a new path to credibility.
hardie karges 3:01 pm on May 12, 2019 Permalink
exactly