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Royce
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Canute,
My problem with idealism, at least as I understand it, is the belief that all can be known by the mind alone. I assume that this means that it is our individual human mind that we it is talking about and that all can be known through reasoning and logic.
I don't think that we can know or understand everything with our mind alone. If we include the mind of God and/or the collective mind of the One or the universal consciousness, then I may not have a problem with idealism as I think that all is known by God and through him we can know all that we can or may know.
There is, however the material world and it is here for a purpose. It is this material world in which we live. By studying and exploring this material world using scientific experimentation and observation, using reason and logic, we can better understand the physical world and our physical selfs thus better know and understand the mind of God.
We are spiritual, mental and physical beings, of this I am sure. It behooves us to study and learn all that we can about all of what we are not just one aspect of our being. This is why I am not a materialist nor an idealist. Both limit our view of reality. These limits are self-imposed and artificial.
The material world is real. why would I ignore it? The mental world is real. Why would I ignore it? The spiritual world it real (in my mind it is the ultimate reality and the source of all of the rest), Why would I ignore it?
I do not know it there is a philosophical term or name for my beliefs or position nor do I care. It is true that naming something forever limits it. It is the limits that I abhor. They are artifical, unnecessary, hindering and so...limiting.
My problem with idealism, at least as I understand it, is the belief that all can be known by the mind alone. I assume that this means that it is our individual human mind that we it is talking about and that all can be known through reasoning and logic.
I don't think that we can know or understand everything with our mind alone. If we include the mind of God and/or the collective mind of the One or the universal consciousness, then I may not have a problem with idealism as I think that all is known by God and through him we can know all that we can or may know.
There is, however the material world and it is here for a purpose. It is this material world in which we live. By studying and exploring this material world using scientific experimentation and observation, using reason and logic, we can better understand the physical world and our physical selfs thus better know and understand the mind of God.
We are spiritual, mental and physical beings, of this I am sure. It behooves us to study and learn all that we can about all of what we are not just one aspect of our being. This is why I am not a materialist nor an idealist. Both limit our view of reality. These limits are self-imposed and artificial.
The material world is real. why would I ignore it? The mental world is real. Why would I ignore it? The spiritual world it real (in my mind it is the ultimate reality and the source of all of the rest), Why would I ignore it?
I do not know it there is a philosophical term or name for my beliefs or position nor do I care. It is true that naming something forever limits it. It is the limits that I abhor. They are artifical, unnecessary, hindering and so...limiting.