Tag: Structure of Being
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Know Thyself – 2: The Fragmented Self: Psychology, Power, and the Loss of Presence
“I used to think I was one person. Now I’m not so sure.” The modern self is not only in crisis; it is shattered. Fragmented across roles, performances, diagnoses, and projections, the self has become a mosaic of shifting parts. Where once we spoke of character or soul, we now speak of personality types, trauma…
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Know Thyself – 1: The Crisis of Identity: Becoming, Nothingness, and the Modern Self
“Modern man believes he can be anything — because he no longer believes there is anything he truly is.” We begin in the midst of crisis. Not just political or cultural, but ontological. We no longer know who we are, and worse, we have come to believe that this unknowing is freedom. For centuries, the…
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Know Thyself – Introduction
The Crisis of Identity and the Return to Being We live in an age where identity is everything, and nothing. It is affirmed, debated, deconstructed, weaponized, and endlessly remade. To belong or to be excluded, to find one’s “true self” or to reject the very idea of a fixed self; these now lie at the…
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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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The Unfolding of Truth – Appendix A
Christ and the Eternal: Beyond Time, Beyond Creation “Before Abraham was, I am.”— John 8:58 The Hidden Contradiction in the Christian Narrative Christianity, in its dominant historical form, presents a synthesis between the eternal and the temporal: God, who is eternal, enters time to redeem creation, which is seen as fallen, finite, and subject to…
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The Unfolding of Truth – 9: Emanuele Severino – The Inevitable Resolution of the Contradiction
The Final Contradiction The journey of philosophy, from Parmenides to postmodernity, is marked by one recurring drama: the tension between Being and becoming. Parmenides declared: Being is; non-being is not. And yet, all of history, Platonic dualism, Christian creation, Buddhist emptiness, modern subjectivity, has wrestled with the appearance of change: How can what is seem…
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The Unfolding of Truth Through the History of Thought – Introduction
Throughout the history of human thought, there has been a persistent intuition, often obscured, often contradicted, yet never entirely extinguished, that reality is not what it seems. From the first metaphysical inquiries in ancient Greece to the contemplative insights of Eastern sages, from the mystical speculation of late antiquity to the rational rigor of modern…
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Christianity and the Structure of Being–A Metaphysical Map
From Plato to the Eternal Structure of Being 🔹 1. Plato (4th c. BCE) Core Move: Eternal Forms vs. Temporal World Reality = unchanging, timeless Ideas (Forms) The world of becoming = shadow, illusion, imperfection Being belongs only to the eternal; the sensible is suspended over non-being 🡺 Impact: Introduces the first metaphysical dualism→ Sets…
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Christianity and the Structure of Being– Conclusion: Christianity Was Never Meant to End in Dualism
The Return to What Has Always Been True Throughout this series, we’ve traced a path—one not of rejection, but of return. Not a return to doctrine as it has been taught, nor to metaphysics as it has been inherited, but to the truth Christianity has always carried within itself: that what-is cannot not be. That…
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Christianity and the Structure of Being– 4: The Intimations of Destiny Within the Christian Tradition
How the Eternal Structure Continues to Emerge Despite centuries of metaphysical dualism, Christianity has never fully surrendered to nihilism. Even while shaped by a Platonic framework that casts the world as impermanent and the body as perishable, the Christian tradition has continued to bear witness to something more: the silent but insistent truth that what…
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Christianity and the Structure of Being – 1: The Eternal Intuition of Christianity
The Seeds of Truth in the Christian Vision From its very beginning, Christianity has spoken of eternity. Not merely as a distant realm beyond this life, but as something that enters into history—something that breaks into time through incarnation, resurrection, and the promise of a kingdom that shall have no end. In this, Christianity reveals…
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Christianity and the Structure of Being– Introduction to the Series
From Dualism to Destiny For centuries, Christianity has offered the Western world its deepest intuitions about the eternal: that life does not end in death, that the person is sacred, that love is stronger than the grave, and that a kingdom without end is not only possible—but promised. And yet, these luminous insights have long…
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The Final Non-Duality 6 – The Fulfillment of the Religious Quest: Eternal Structure and the Destiny of Thought
Beyond Paths, Beyond Goals — The Joy That Always Already Is Across the millennia, religion has been the most enduring expression of humanity’s longing for the infinite. Beneath its doctrines, rituals, and images, there pulses a single, unyielding question: What is the origin of all things, and what is our place within it? This question,…
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The Final Non-Duality 2 – Buddhism: Emptiness and the Movement Beyond Suffering
The Eternal Structure Misread as Impermanence Among the spiritual paths of the world, Buddhism stands out for its analytical clarity and radical focus on the problem of suffering. Its foundation — the Four Noble Truths — begins not with metaphysical speculation but with existential urgency: dukkha, the suffering that characterizes life, and the promise of…
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The Final Non-Duality 1 – Advaita Vedānta: The Identity of Self and Brahman
The Eternal Truth Beyond the Path of Realization Among the world’s spiritual philosophies, few have exerted as profound an influence as Advaita Vedānta. With clarity and subtlety, it proclaims a truth that stands at the heart of the human search: that the Self (ātman) is not separate from the ultimate reality (Brahman), and that the…
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The Last Dualism 5 – Direct Cognition and the Necessity of Recognition
The End of the Search and the Fulfillment of Seeing There is a growing interest today in what many call direct experience, pure awareness, or non-conceptual knowing. People seek a state beyond language, beyond belief, beyond thought—something immediate and unmediated, where truth is no longer a theory but lived, seen, known. This yearning often carries…
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The Last Dualism – Intro: How Non-Duality Preserves the Root of Nihilism
Introduction A growing chorus in contemporary spirituality and philosophy sings of non-duality, interconnection, and wholeness. Eastern traditions, modern mystics, and therapeutic modalities echo the same refrain: separation is an illusion, all things are ultimately one, and awakening lies in transcending dualistic thought. Terms like oneness, pure consciousness, and non-separation circulate freely, suggesting a new paradigm…
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The Structure of Madness
Madness is the belief in what is not. The common image of the madman who is Napoleon is crude, but correct: he affirms nothingness. Pursue this logic, and all are mad. We are mad in our faith that will originates action, that “if” governs “then.” This is humanity’s primordial error. The Faith in Contingency This…
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I Am – 2: The Divided Mind – Thought, Perception, and the Illusion of Fragmentation
The Split Between Awareness and Thought The recognition of “I Am” as the unshakable ground of Being is foundational. Yet, despite its immediacy, this recognition is often obscured by the incessant movement of conditioned thought. Why does the mind veil what is most evident? The tendency of thought to divide experience into subject and object,…
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“I Am” – 1: The Unshakable Foundation of Being
The Most Certain Truth The search for truth often begins with questions about reality and existence: What is the nature of being? Yet, the most fundamental certainty is not found “out there” but within the immediacy of our own awareness. Before we inquire about the nature of reality, we must first recognize that we are.…
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Beyond Materialism & Idealism 4: The Implications of the Necessary—Reframing Thought and Existence
This series has exposed the contradictions at the core of two dominant worldviews: materialism and idealism. Both are entangled in the impossibility of becoming, whether through the assumption that matter arises and perishes or the belief that reality is dependent on thought. Both, in different ways, attempt to explain being through non-being—an assumption that collapses…
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Beyond Materialism & Idealism 3: The Unveiling of the Necessary
After exposing the contradictions of materialism and idealism, we arrive at a crucial crossroads. Both worldviews, despite their opposing stances, share a fundamental flaw: they are rooted in the concept of becoming—the notion that reality either comes into being or evolves through mental processes. The only consistent and coherent alternative is the recognition of being…
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Beyond Materialism & Idealism 2: Why Idealism Also Fails – The Limits of Mind as Reality
Materialism collapses under the weight of its own contradiction: it insists that things come into and out of existence, yet it offers no justification for this assumption. Idealism, often considered its intellectual counterpoint, seeks to overcome materialism’s limitations by placing mind or consciousness at the center of reality. However, despite its valuable critiques, idealism ultimately…
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Beyond Materialism & Idealism 1: The Faith of Materialism – The Unquestioned Assumption
Materialism presents itself as the most rational, scientific, and evidence-based perspective of reality. It claims to reject unfounded beliefs in favor of empirical knowledge. Yet beneath this confident exterior lies an unquestioned assumption: the belief that things come into being and pass away. This belief, which serves as the foundation of materialist thought, is neither…
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Beyond Materialism and Idealism: The Search for the Real
For centuries, materialism has shaped the modern worldview. It presents itself as a sober, evidence-based approach to reality—asserting that all things, including thought and consciousness, emerge from material processes and ultimately vanish into nothingness. Yet beneath its claims of objectivity lies an unexamined assumption: that things come into being and cease to be. This belief…
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Identity 3: The Inevitable Resolution – From Fragmentation to the Recognition of Identity
In the previous articles, we explored identity as necessary (unchangeable and eternally true—it simply is) and eternal, hidden by cultural pressures, nihilism, and fragmentation. We examined how contemporary society’s emphasis on becoming, technological influences, nihilistic tendencies, and social isolation contribute to the division of the self. Now, we turn to the resolution of this fragmentation.…
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Identity 2: The Fragmentation of the Individual – Forces Dividing the Self in Contemporary Society
In the previous article, we uncovered identity as necessary (unchangeable and eternally true—it simply is) and eternal, hidden by misconceptions tied to time, nihilism, and cultural emphasis on becoming. Now, we turn to the fragmentation of the individual—how and why our true identity is obscured and divided in today’s world. Modern society, with its rapid…
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Identity 1: What Is Identity? Unveiling the Eternal Self
In our fast-paced world, identity often seems like a fluid concept—something we shape, redefine, or even reinvent over time. We hear phrases like “finding oneself,” “changing who I am,” or “reinventing my identity,” suggesting that identity is flexible, subject to personal choice and external circumstances. Yet, beneath these assumptions lies a deeper truth: identity is…
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Encounters with the Dead: A Perspective from the Structure of Being
Introduction: The Rising Accounts of Contact with the Deceased In recent years, reports of encounters with the dead have proliferated. Whether through mediumship, near-death experiences (NDEs), apparitions, premonitions, or personal intuitions, individuals claim to perceive or communicate with those who have passed. Traditional interpretations often frame these encounters within religious, spiritualist, or psychological paradigms. However,…
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The Golden Age, the End of the World, and the Eternal Structure of Being
Across cultures and centuries, humanity has remembered and imagined paradises. From the Garden of Eden in Genesis to the Satya Yuga of Indian tradition, from Hesiod’s Golden Age to the legends of the Isles of the Blessed, there persists a memory of a time when harmony reigned: no sickness, no war, no toil, no estrangement.…
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