I of course, share your understanding of these two views. I wonder how many, if any, in the mainstream of political/cultural observers see things this way. I hope there are many more, but I'm not aware of any these days. Do you know of any?
By the way, Krishna Prem, in his book "The Yoga of the Katha Upanishad," points out how Sanskrit terms change in meaning over the ages. He states - quite credibly, I think - that around the time of the earliest Upanishads, around 800 BC, "manas" referred specifically to the 2nd way of seeing you describe, point like, based in separation and duality, and "buddhi" referred specifically to the cosmic way, seeing everything rooted in Oneness, Unity.
If you follow the new age scene on YT you will find a lot of people talking about the coming spiritual transformation from a 3D world based on duality into a 5D spiritual world based on unity, etc. I believe it is already in the collective unconscious. I tried to express it extracting the naive and simplistic parts as a bridge to Sri Aurobindo’s vision that, still isn't accessible to most.
Oh... you mean among politicians. Well, you know that politics will be the last to change. But in half an hour I will follow a Zoom session of some folks who are talking about the United States of Europe. Will let you know whether such a message will get through.
Yes, i did mean, if not mainstream politics, among intellectuals who look at the big picture (and I suppose, though, intellectuals are the second to last to change)
I think Iain McGilchrist is very much thinking along these lines, though I'm not too sure if he gets anything about evolution. On the other hand, David Bentley Hart on his substack told he has tremendous respect for Sri Aurobindo, and added that "anything he writes is worth reading." Pretty unusual for a mainstream academic (though as a theologian rather than primarily a philosopher, he's more open to spiritual outlooks).
The whole "meta modernist" crowd - John Vervake, Jordan Peterson, Jordan Hall and others like them - seem to me to be massively confused about these things, though I suppose you can see elements in their writings related to a larger, cosmic vision. With Vervaeke's notion of 'the meaning crisis (sometimes referred to as meta crisis or crisis of multiple layers of lack of meaning) I think he's tending in the direction you're pointing to, yet he considers himself a "non reductive physicalist" - a contradiction in terms, to my mind.
I do think even the growing attraction for Hoffman, Kastrup, etc points to this widespread subconscious yearning for a cosmic vision. I think overall there's subliminally a very powerful Force moving us all toward this, as well as all the usual resistance to it.
By the way, I admire your willingness to even mention specific things about politics. Good luck with feedback:>))
I of course, share your understanding of these two views. I wonder how many, if any, in the mainstream of political/cultural observers see things this way. I hope there are many more, but I'm not aware of any these days. Do you know of any?
By the way, Krishna Prem, in his book "The Yoga of the Katha Upanishad," points out how Sanskrit terms change in meaning over the ages. He states - quite credibly, I think - that around the time of the earliest Upanishads, around 800 BC, "manas" referred specifically to the 2nd way of seeing you describe, point like, based in separation and duality, and "buddhi" referred specifically to the cosmic way, seeing everything rooted in Oneness, Unity.
If you follow the new age scene on YT you will find a lot of people talking about the coming spiritual transformation from a 3D world based on duality into a 5D spiritual world based on unity, etc. I believe it is already in the collective unconscious. I tried to express it extracting the naive and simplistic parts as a bridge to Sri Aurobindo’s vision that, still isn't accessible to most.
Oh... you mean among politicians. Well, you know that politics will be the last to change. But in half an hour I will follow a Zoom session of some folks who are talking about the United States of Europe. Will let you know whether such a message will get through.
Yes, i did mean, if not mainstream politics, among intellectuals who look at the big picture (and I suppose, though, intellectuals are the second to last to change)
I think Iain McGilchrist is very much thinking along these lines, though I'm not too sure if he gets anything about evolution. On the other hand, David Bentley Hart on his substack told he has tremendous respect for Sri Aurobindo, and added that "anything he writes is worth reading." Pretty unusual for a mainstream academic (though as a theologian rather than primarily a philosopher, he's more open to spiritual outlooks).
The whole "meta modernist" crowd - John Vervake, Jordan Peterson, Jordan Hall and others like them - seem to me to be massively confused about these things, though I suppose you can see elements in their writings related to a larger, cosmic vision. With Vervaeke's notion of 'the meaning crisis (sometimes referred to as meta crisis or crisis of multiple layers of lack of meaning) I think he's tending in the direction you're pointing to, yet he considers himself a "non reductive physicalist" - a contradiction in terms, to my mind.
I do think even the growing attraction for Hoffman, Kastrup, etc points to this widespread subconscious yearning for a cosmic vision. I think overall there's subliminally a very powerful Force moving us all toward this, as well as all the usual resistance to it.
By the way, I admire your willingness to even mention specific things about politics. Good luck with feedback:>))
Right. However I'm not inclined to make a physicalist vs non physicialist distinction. As far as I could see, both can be part of both camps.
My audience is almost zero. In the worst case there will be one or two angered feedbacks. 😉
Hadn't thought of that before. Excellent idea about not making that distinction.
As far as a near zero audience, we'll see about that next year:>))
This Substack blog will slow down, I'm afraid next year it will have even less subscribers. ;)