thanks for interesting hints ! and for havong introduced me very interesting
Wilber Ken.
Stu <Nospam@towel.com> wrote in message
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> On 2006-07-22 05:20:56 -0700, "ant" <npkpesae@libero.it> said:
> 
>
> In meditation, we observe the sounds and sights of the world and
> understand we are not them.  We go deeper and observe our feelings,
> intuitions and thoughts and also understand we are not them.  We
> observe our ego (personality) and know that we are not that, with time
> we are left with just an observer.  Only being.
>
> Meditation does not so much *remembers* being.  It reveals being.  Pure
> being - untouched by thoughts, constructs, illusions, perceptions.
> After all *existence* is there, the natural tendency of the mind is to
> chop it up into disjointed pieces.  Meditation provides a way to
> witness being, as a unified entity.
>
> 
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>
> I am not sure if Heideggar would agree with that.  As I mentioned
> before he repudiated his claims in "Being and Time", and moved in a
> direction of fascism for the rest of his life.  Perhaps if Heideggar
> had a positive experience with yoga he would have developed a more
> world-centric view and avoided his affiliation with Hitler.  Research
> has indicated that yoga, if practiced sincerely and regularly will move
> people from ethno-centricism to world-centrism.  But whether Heideggar
> would have moved in this direction is speculation.
>
> What is your interest in Heideggar?
>
> The indication is that a number of excellent writers/philosopher's of
> the 19th and 20th century would have benefited from meditation.
> Philosophers such as Schopenhauer and Nietzshe did not understand
> eastern philosophy and where critical in misinformed ways.  A
> meditation practice would have solved many of their conflicts.  Wasn't
> Husserl's idea of a "bracketed world" really a description of
> meditation?  Sartre and Camus certainly pointed in the direction of a
> transcendental non-personal spirit, but with out the experience of
> meditation, they could not fully express their intuition.  Camus had
> plans to travel to india to study this question but was tragically
> killed in auto accident before his departure. Imagine existentialism's
> transformation with the insights gleamed from meditation.
>
> Perhaps, a better philosopher for you to look at would be a
> contemporary fellow named Ken Wilber.  His basic work, "A Brief History
> of Everything" is not translated into Italian.  But perhaps you can
> find some readings of his to help you with your questions.
> http://www.integralworld.net/index..anslations.html
>
> Wilber does a good job of integrating classical western philosophy with
> eastern philosophy.
> --
> ~Stu
>

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