A darshan is a “vision of the divine”. It is the fundamental step in the development of what the philosophers call an ontolgy, the foundation of a “world view”. This blog will explore the development of an ontology and world view based on the darshan presented in the following poem, first published on August 10, 2011, on my webpage http://rogerhillonline.com/Waypoints.aspx . The meaning of this poem will be made clearer, I hope, as the blog develops.
| SCIENTIFIC DARSHAN |
| The old darshan of the Upaniṣads is: |
| Eham Self A |
| Etat Not-Self U |
| Na Negation M |
| =The Self is not the Not-Self =AUM
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| That is the darshan of a static Cosmos |
| where Being is. |
| Buddha’s clear eyes saw no relevance |
| for a Creator in a Cosmos both static and infinite. |
| His darshan for the Creator of such a Cosmos is |
| Emptiness. |
| The old darshan for the Self has been used throughout |
| our brutal history to support the dynamic: |
| Self |
| Not-Self |
| War.
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| In the millennia since the time of the Vedic Rishis |
| science has taken the measure of the |
| size and the mass of the Cosmos. |
| It is scientific reality that our Cosmos |
| had a beginning and we are evolving. |
| We live in a material Cosmos that is dynamic: |
| where Being is Becoming |
| and spacetime is expanding.
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| For our Cosmos a new darshan could be: |
| Self Self |
| Not-Self Not-Self |
| Awareness Love |
| =Creation =Co-inherence |
| where the darshan for the Creator is |
| Creator |
| Creation |
| Co-inherence |
| = The One
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| This scientific darshan cannot be used |
| to justify dynamics that lead to ignorance, or hatred, |
| duality, or War. |
| This scientific darshan calls for dynamics that lead to an |
| expansion of Awareness and Love |
| and acknowledgement |
| of Unity.
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| Which darshan would you embrace? |
| Why cling to a darshan for a Cosmos |
| in which we do not exist?
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Co-inherence 