They proved to me by convincing reasons that God does not exist; Afterwards I saw God, for he came and embraced me. And now what am I to believe- the reasoning of others or my own experience? Truth is what the soul has seen and experienced; the rest is appearance, prejudice and opinion.
— Sri. Aurobindo
[Aurobindo, one of the brightest minds that ever existed, a poet, polymath, revolutionary turned sage, and author of some of the most profound books ever written, is for me the central figure of modern India – not Gandhi. And he is for me also the central figure the West has to adopt from the East…]
Wow — “God” actually materialized before his retinal sensors, and activated his tactile neurons. Remarkable, and pretty darn convincing. I wish “God” would contact me once in a while. Until then, I think it would be foolish to assume anything, you must agree. (Or was he referring to “the soul’s eyes and touch sensors”.) I really don’t want to sound philistine, but more often then not, I find poets to be cowardly — hiding behind vague imagery that can mean a hundred different things to a hundred different people. It may be emotionally satisfying, but it’s intellectually shallow. There is something far deeper, more profound, and deserving of far more respect in the Schrödinger Equation, than any poem that I can think of.
I think there are different ways of perceiving…
some people perceive reality as mathematical propositions….some as sound..some as ideas..some as colors..
Have you read Swedenborg…who also had a tremendous scientific mind?
Aurubindo is no one to be scoffed at, my friend. He was a prodigy and well versed in numbers languages and science by the time he was 11.
He was also a fierce anticolonial revolutionary. He is truly one of the most remarkable men you never heard of..in the west. He’s well known in India.
I don’t think it’s emotionally satisfying to me at all.
Godless is a far more satisfying concept to me than God.
But as you know, the two words arent there far apart for me..
Monism is hardly emotional..it’s advaita,a very pure form of non dualism
If you’ll allow me, I think poems are equal in their way to equations
The vision he had isn’t god..that’s not his claim..
it’s like the appearance of Krishna in the Gita..
Krishna is just the concrete sign..
“god” is what the sign is pointing too..
which is something as abstract and powerful as your mathematical symbol, but experienced differently