Tag: Time and Eternity
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The Unfolding of Truth – 4: Christian Revelation – Creation, Logos, and the Problem of Time
With the advent of Christianity, a new voice enters the unfolding of thought, one that speaks not only of the eternal, but of a personal God who creates out of love, enters into history, and redeems. The metaphysical speculation of the Greeks meets the narrative structure of Scripture. Logos becomes flesh. Eternity touches time. At…
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The Last Dualism 2 – The Myth of the Body’s Illusion
Plato’s Legacy and the Persistence of the Great Dualism In the midst of today’s non-dual revival, a strange contradiction persists. While the language of unity, presence, and wholeness is widespread, the body—this visible, touchable, vulnerable being—is often spoken of as an illusion, a veil, a mistake. In countless spiritual teachings, the body is subtly or…
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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 