Tag: Separation
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The Unfolding of Truth – Appendix B
The Veil and the Real: Islam, Mysticism, and the Eternal Structure “He is the First and the Last, the Apparent and the Hidden.”— Qur’an, Surah 57:3 Islam and the Ontological Unity of Being At the heart of Islam is the affirmation: “There is no god but God.” This statement, while theological on the surface, also…
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Post 35 – The Necessity of Alienation: Time, Eternity, and the Resolution of Separation
Introduction Within the framework of the Structure of Being, the distinction between the empirical self and the transcendental self serves to clarify two perspectives of existence. Though ultimately one, the empirical self experiences separation, alienation, and contradiction within time. From the standpoint of time, the empirical self appears to begin at birth and dissolve at…
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It Is What It Is 