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Hello,

I am Bhalachandra Sahaj from Seattle, Washington. I enjoy the Socratic method tremendously, while also studying Lao Tzu, Confucius and many others. I meditate daily in the form of Sahaja Yoga Meditation. This is when I get most of my inspiration.

I am most interested in metaphysical philosophy, though the philosophical process of creating theories fascinates me on the whole.

I am glad to hear your comments on my theories, as it aids me to refine them or rethink them in totally diffferent way.

My regards,

Bhalachandra

Welcome to the show.

Bhalachandra wrote:I am most interested in metaphysical philosophy...

And didn't mention Chuangtse?!?

From the intro;
Chuangtse... gave the only metaphysics in Chinese literature before the comming of Buddhism. He is also the first to fully develope the Taoistic thesis of the rhythm of life, contained in the epigrams of Laotse. (his ideas of) weeding out the idea of the ego and quiet contemplation and "seeing the Solitary" explain how these native Chinese ideas were back of the developement of Zen (Ch'an) Buddhism.

Any branch of human knowledge, even the study of the rocks and the earth and the cosmic rays of heaven, strikes mysticism when it reaches any depth at all, and it seems that Chinese Taoism skipped the scientific study of nature to reach the same intuitive conclusion by insight alone. Therefore it is not surprising that Albert Einstein and Chuangtse agree, as agree they must, on the relativity of all standards. The only difference is that Einstein takes on the more difficult work of mathematical proof, while Chuangtse furnishes the philosophic import of this theory of relativity...

"There is nothing under the canopy of heaven greater than the tip of a bird's down in autumn, while the T'ai mountain is small. Neither is there any longer life than that of a child cut off in infancy, while P'eng Tsu himself died young. The Universe and I came into being together; I and everything therein are one." - Chuangtse

peace