Non-Duality is terrifying
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I know that but I am still not quite sure- where exactly are the differences?
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I'd say, Descartes and others made it official that there is a mental/material split. The old mind/body problem, set into stone. So most of Western philosophy can be divided into two camps: idealists who hold that the mental is fundamental, and materialists who hold that the material is fundamental. (And there a few lesser camps who think that they are equally fundamental etc.)
So these two camps have been duking it out for centuries, trying to figure out who is right. Idealists think that existence is fundamentally mental, it's made of ideas, consciousness, experience etc. For example matter is just something that appears in consciousness. Or that the world is literally in our mind. Things like this.
Nondualism however holds that the mental/material split never existed in the first place because they are one and the same thing, so every camp above is slightly crazy.
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I was just going to write that:
As I understood it: Idealism is the idea of the primacy of the mental over material? And non duality says that there is no difference between the mental and material - its all one? Right?
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Yeah mental and material are basically one and the same thing, just conceptualized in two different ways (conceptualized using two different parts of our minds, presumably).
All mental contect can be said to be made of matter. All material things can be said to be part of the "first-person-view consciousness".
"Matter" itself is actually just an empty idea that we use to describe the world from an third-person-view perspective. It's a description, conceptualized existence.
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Nondualism isn't physicalism or idealism.SteveKlinko wrote: ↑April 4th, 2022, 11:35 amYes, but in general Non Dualism is either Physicalism or Idealism. I thought this thread headed down the Idealism path. Maybe I was wrong.
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Ok, we have an Impasse.Atla wrote: ↑April 4th, 2022, 12:15 pmNondualism isn't physicalism or idealism.SteveKlinko wrote: ↑April 4th, 2022, 11:35 amYes, but in general Non Dualism is either Physicalism or Idealism. I thought this thread headed down the Idealism path. Maybe I was wrong.
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Again: materialism and idealism are based on dualism. Again: I'm a nondualist.SteveKlinko wrote: ↑April 5th, 2022, 11:27 amOk, we have an Impasse.Atla wrote: ↑April 4th, 2022, 12:15 pmNondualism isn't physicalism or idealism.SteveKlinko wrote: ↑April 4th, 2022, 11:35 amYes, but in general Non Dualism is either Physicalism or Idealism. I thought this thread headed down the Idealism path. Maybe I was wrong.
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In what possible sense can Materialism or Idealism be considered Dualistic.Atla wrote: ↑April 5th, 2022, 12:03 pmAgain: materialism and idealism are based on dualism. Again: I'm a nondualist.SteveKlinko wrote: ↑April 5th, 2022, 11:27 amOk, we have an Impasse.Atla wrote: ↑April 4th, 2022, 12:15 pmNondualism isn't physicalism or idealism.SteveKlinko wrote: ↑April 4th, 2022, 11:35 am
Yes, but in general Non Dualism is either Physicalism or Idealism. I thought this thread headed down the Idealism path. Maybe I was wrong.
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They are derived from the mind-body dualism. As I wrote above:SteveKlinko wrote: ↑April 6th, 2022, 7:24 am In what possible sense can Materialism or Idealism be considered Dualistic.
Most contemporary Western philosophers are extremely inept, so they'll even convince themselves that views like eliminative materialism for example are true monisms, they aren't based on dualism.Atla wrote:I'd say, Descartes and others made it official that there is a mental/material split. The old mind/body problem, set into stone. So most of Western philosophy can be divided into two camps: idealists who hold that the mental is fundamental, and materialists who hold that the material is fundamental. (And there a few lesser camps who think that they are equally fundamental etc.)
So these two camps have been duking it out for centuries, trying to figure out who is right. Idealists think that existence is fundamentally mental, it's made of ideas, consciousness, experience etc. For example matter is just something that appears in consciousness. Or that the world is literally in our mind. Things like this.
Nondualism however holds that the mental/material split never existed in the first place because they are one and the same thing, so every camp above is slightly crazy.
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I don't think Materialists think their Materialism is based on Dualism and I don't think Idealists think their Idealism is based on Dualism. Materialists believe everything is a Phenomenon of the Physical Universe that Science can describe. They Believe Consciousness is a Material (Matter, Energy Space) Phenomenon. Everything is Physical. There is no Dualism in this. Idealists believe everything is a Phenomenon of Consciousness. They believe the Material World is a Conscious Phenomenon. Everything is Consciousness. There is no Dualism in this either. Both of these viewpoints may talk about how their viewpoint is related to Dualism but that's just talk. Their Monisms have no actual Basis or derivation from Dualism.Atla wrote: ↑April 6th, 2022, 12:41 pmThey are derived from the mind-body dualism. As I wrote above:SteveKlinko wrote: ↑April 6th, 2022, 7:24 am In what possible sense can Materialism or Idealism be considered Dualistic.
Most contemporary Western philosophers are extremely inept, so they'll even convince themselves that views like eliminative materialism for example are true monisms, they aren't based on dualism.Atla wrote:I'd say, Descartes and others made it official that there is a mental/material split. The old mind/body problem, set into stone. So most of Western philosophy can be divided into two camps: idealists who hold that the mental is fundamental, and materialists who hold that the material is fundamental. (And there a few lesser camps who think that they are equally fundamental etc.)
So these two camps have been duking it out for centuries, trying to figure out who is right. Idealists think that existence is fundamentally mental, it's made of ideas, consciousness, experience etc. For example matter is just something that appears in consciousness. Or that the world is literally in our mind. Things like this.
Nondualism however holds that the mental/material split never existed in the first place because they are one and the same thing, so every camp above is slightly crazy.
I think your position is that there is no such things as Material and Consciousness. So you think you are starting from a Non Dualist position. But you still have to formulate your Non Dualism by stating the Non Existence of the Material and the Conscious. I think you are drowning yourself with Semantics and definitions.
Impasse!!!!
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Again: yes that's what materialists and idealists BELIEVE and they are wrong. Western philosophers have been chasing their own tails for at least 400 years.SteveKlinko wrote: ↑April 7th, 2022, 7:48 amI don't think Materialists think their Materialism is based on Dualism and I don't think Idealists think their Idealism is based on Dualism. Materialists believe everything is a Phenomenon of the Physical Universe that Science can describe. They Believe Consciousness is a Material (Matter, Energy Space) Phenomenon. Everything is Physical. There is no Dualism in this. Idealists believe everything is a Phenomenon of Consciousness. They believe the Material World is a Conscious Phenomenon. Everything is Consciousness. There is no Dualism in this either. Both of these viewpoints may talk about how their viewpoint is related to Dualism but that's just talk. Their Monisms have no actual Basis or derivation from Dualism.Atla wrote: ↑April 6th, 2022, 12:41 pmThey are derived from the mind-body dualism. As I wrote above:SteveKlinko wrote: ↑April 6th, 2022, 7:24 am In what possible sense can Materialism or Idealism be considered Dualistic.
Most contemporary Western philosophers are extremely inept, so they'll even convince themselves that views like eliminative materialism for example are true monisms, they aren't based on dualism.Atla wrote:I'd say, Descartes and others made it official that there is a mental/material split. The old mind/body problem, set into stone. So most of Western philosophy can be divided into two camps: idealists who hold that the mental is fundamental, and materialists who hold that the material is fundamental. (And there a few lesser camps who think that they are equally fundamental etc.)
So these two camps have been duking it out for centuries, trying to figure out who is right. Idealists think that existence is fundamentally mental, it's made of ideas, consciousness, experience etc. For example matter is just something that appears in consciousness. Or that the world is literally in our mind. Things like this.
Nondualism however holds that the mental/material split never existed in the first place because they are one and the same thing, so every camp above is slightly crazy.
I think your position is that there is no such things as Material and Consciousness. So you think you are starting from a Non Dualist position. But you still have to formulate your Non Dualism by stating the Non Existence of the Material and the Conscious. I think you are drowning yourself with Semantics and definitions.
Impasse!!!!
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Our philosophers have convinced themselves that the definitions are:SteveKlinko wrote: ↑April 7th, 2022, 7:48 am I don't think Materialists think their Materialism is based on Dualism and I don't think Idealists think their Idealism is based on Dualism. Materialists believe everything is a Phenomenon of the Physical Universe that Science can describe. They Believe Consciousness is a Material (Matter, Energy Space) Phenomenon. Everything is Physical. There is no Dualism in this. Idealists believe everything is a Phenomenon of Consciousness. They believe the Material World is a Conscious Phenomenon. Everything is Consciousness. There is no Dualism in this either. Both of these viewpoints may talk about how their viewpoint is related to Dualism but that's just talk. Their Monisms have no actual Basis or derivation from Dualism.
I think your position is that there is no such things as Material and Consciousness. So you think you are starting from a Non Dualist position. But you still have to formulate your Non Dualism by stating the Non Existence of the Material and the Conscious. I think you are drowning yourself with Semantics and definitions.
Impasse!!!!
materialism: existence is material
idealism: existence is mental
But the real definitions are:
materialism: the world is material, not mental
idealism: the world is mental, not material
"Exclusory" dualisms, this but not that. Deep within the Western psyche, pervasive in all Western thinking is a universal split between the mental and metarial, and we simply no longer notice this. There is an inherent double-vision, where one of the two is blank, but it's still a double-vision. It's really interesting, I didn't realize this either before science forced nondual thinking on me. The split is deep down at the base of our thinking, covered by other layers and we just don't see that it's there.
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I think your distinctions make no difference.Atla wrote: ↑April 8th, 2022, 10:37 amOur philosophers have convinced themselves that the definitions are:SteveKlinko wrote: ↑April 7th, 2022, 7:48 am I don't think Materialists think their Materialism is based on Dualism and I don't think Idealists think their Idealism is based on Dualism. Materialists believe everything is a Phenomenon of the Physical Universe that Science can describe. They Believe Consciousness is a Material (Matter, Energy Space) Phenomenon. Everything is Physical. There is no Dualism in this. Idealists believe everything is a Phenomenon of Consciousness. They believe the Material World is a Conscious Phenomenon. Everything is Consciousness. There is no Dualism in this either. Both of these viewpoints may talk about how their viewpoint is related to Dualism but that's just talk. Their Monisms have no actual Basis or derivation from Dualism.
I think your position is that there is no such things as Material and Consciousness. So you think you are starting from a Non Dualist position. But you still have to formulate your Non Dualism by stating the Non Existence of the Material and the Conscious. I think you are drowning yourself with Semantics and definitions.
Impasse!!!!
materialism: existence is material
idealism: existence is mental
But the real definitions are:
materialism: the world is material, not mental
idealism: the world is mental, not material
"Exclusory" dualisms, this but not that. Deep within the Western psyche, pervasive in all Western thinking is a universal split between the mental and metarial, and we simply no longer notice this. There is an inherent double-vision, where one of the two is blank, but it's still a double-vision. It's really interesting, I didn't realize this either before science forced nondual thinking on me. The split is deep down at the base of our thinking, covered by other layers and we just don't see that it's there.
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