not seeking the meaning of life but rather the experience of life
vivifying
Buddha: what’s the meaning of a flower?
myths are clues to the experience, the rapture, of being alive -- referents to the transcendent
God is a thought, a name for the Transcendent
Heinrich Zimmer:
the best things can’t be told (transcend thought)
the second best are misunderstood (thoughts which refer to transcendent)
the third best are what we talk about
the mask of eternity
moving from the transcendent to all the pairs of opposites
Caves of Gharapuri (Elephanta Caves)
put oneself in the middle
Christianity from Near East - awareness of pairs of opposites - man v God, man v Nature, God v Nature and vv
D T Suzuki -- “very funny religion”
nature is corrupt, must be corrected
OR nature is manifestation of divine
Hinduism, Buddhism - Japanese garden - where does nature end and art begin
cooperation and coordination with nature
instruction which will allow us to see the divine within the world AND self
hospitality -- recognition of divine identity of Other -- two aspects of the One Identity
Creation stories tell of the Presence of the Transcendent
The One Forbidden Thing
Bluebeard, Genesis -- the forbidden is where one begins one's life
blaming the serpent
kissing the cobra
snake as the symbol of new life, shedding one's skin, throwing off past
Christian inversion - a refusal to affirm life, life is evil, natural impulses sinful
Zorba: Trouble? Life is trouble.
We must say Yes.
who are we to judge -- we are here to affirm life, the eternity of this moment
the experience of eternity right here and now is the function of life
not to withdraw, return, participate
this horror is the foreground of a wonder
all life is sorrowful -- loss loss loss
Joyce -- “history is a nightmare from which I’m trying to awake”
don't be afraid, recognize that what is is a manifestation of the transcendent
i will participate in the game, the opera DECENTLY (heroically, not rancorous, the samurai must not act in anger)
teachers answer questions!!!!!!!!!!
mythology is homeland of muses -- inspirers of art/poetry
life as a poem, not prose, in accord with transcendent
mythology liberates from cultural definitions of inherited metaphors
myths throw you a line to connect with the mystery which you are
Thomas gospel: we are all manifestation of divinity, heaven and hell are within us (Upanishads)
myth/dream: symbolic images of inner conflicts
we are the source
myth must provide life models, for each time; the world changes, religion must be transformed
Middle East conflict -- stuck in old metaphors -- we must separate the truth from the temporal inflection
Star Wars: will the machine serve or dominate, the making of tools (computers are an Old Testament God, all rules, no mercy :)
Indra
here's the place to have the experience, not after death
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