I would like to pick up a point you already touched upon that in almost all middle and far east's though , philosophies , and religions the sharp extinction between the subject and object that characterize the western thought doesn't exist , on the contrary we experience the sameness and even the oneness of these two poles , as consequences I claim that the eastern have deeper belonging to nature , places , and people ,
in the Buddhism , Shinto , Hindu , and even the Abrahamic religions we find that deep appreciation to the nature and to others , all of them are innocent of - I think -the greedy and never ending quest to control nature Lunched in the western classic ages and reached its peak in the modern times until it extended from nature to the other as something to be manipulated and controlled , until recently some thinkers stand out against these trends and tendencies
the eastern wisdom always has the preoccupation of how one lives in harmony with nature and others rather than to study them as separate entities exist out there , in this respect it really has a great deal to teach us the themes of connecting and belonging
Thank you for your insights Osman and I appreciate you brought up comparisons between religions. I wonder if you have any good resources on ideas about consciousness within Islam? I am aware of some things within tasawwuf but not directly about the relationship between subject and object of consciounsess in tasawwuf or other philosophical traditions within Islamic thought.
I would like to pick up a point you already touched upon that in almost all middle and far east's though , philosophies , and religions the sharp extinction between the subject and object that characterize the western thought doesn't exist , on the contrary we experience the sameness and even the oneness of these two poles , as consequences I claim that the eastern have deeper belonging to nature , places , and people ,
in the Buddhism , Shinto , Hindu , and even the Abrahamic religions we find that deep appreciation to the nature and to others , all of them are innocent of - I think -the greedy and never ending quest to control nature Lunched in the western classic ages and reached its peak in the modern times until it extended from nature to the other as something to be manipulated and controlled , until recently some thinkers stand out against these trends and tendencies
the eastern wisdom always has the preoccupation of how one lives in harmony with nature and others rather than to study them as separate entities exist out there , in this respect it really has a great deal to teach us the themes of connecting and belonging
Thank you for your insights Osman and I appreciate you brought up comparisons between religions. I wonder if you have any good resources on ideas about consciousness within Islam? I am aware of some things within tasawwuf but not directly about the relationship between subject and object of consciounsess in tasawwuf or other philosophical traditions within Islamic thought.