Buddhism, Islam, and the world
I'm tired. Class ran late this evening and I didn't get out until 10:15pm.
Considering I was at work at 7:30am, that was close to 15 hours on campus
today -- ouch. Class was held up by some girl who couldn't understand some
of the concepts in Mahavida Buddhism - namely the concept of reality being
an illusion, and the way we (society/culture groups/whatever) have a shared
group of experiences to allow us to perceive the same illusory object in
the same way.
I don't really believe this, of course. I believe instead that my reality
is really the only reality. Everyone I perceive is a manifestation of my
own ego, and everything is illusory. Of course, everyone that is capable
of independent thought has their own reality as well, and if our realities
cross-pass, so be it but we'd never really know. We'd really never know
simply because of the fact that we can't perceive the illusion of our own
creation(s); the self-created illusion is convincing enough that we can't
comprehend that other 'sentient beings' are really just our own illusions.
My 'project group' for Religion is going to be doing a report on Islamic
stereotypes. It should be interesting, but I'll put $0.02 that Sandy thinks
I picked the topic on purpose.
At any rate, after talking with Chris last week (well, email), we decided
to send a note to the cavers list to see if anyone cared. Boom, traffic
has swelled. Shows you what I get :-). A side note, the chief called last
week to ask some questions about the list. When I get done with school
I'd really like to go diving again, well after the trip to Tierra del Fuego...
Posted at: 03:48 on 25/09/2002
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