Keane said, “Plato seems to be saying that we know that we do not know but also that we must keep deliberating and discussing because stillness of the body and mind are detrimental to learning.” I am curious as to how you might relate this to Eastern meditation practices that actively seek stillness of the mind and body.
My understanding of these Eastern practices is that stillness of body and mind allows union with the Divine. In fact, stillness of mind is considered a prerequisite for experiencing the oneness between a human being and Everything. It is said that in a state of oneness, everything is known.
In a state of “oneness”, seeking is replaced by being. Might we consider this state of oneness (considered our true nature) where we remember all that we forget while operating under the illusion of our separateness, the opposite of “a shift from recollection to experiential learning?”
If all human beings were able to achieve and maintain a state of “oneness”, would the goal of this unity acknowledged become existence solely for the purpose of existence? Or is there an inherent evolutionary component in all existence? If so, is there a process other than seeking knowledge to record the evolution? Does observing/ acknowledging/ recording change replace the learning process, the seeking knowledge process? Would this state of existence eliminate a need for knowledge because knowledge can only exist in a perception dependent state of separateness? Would it be eternal like the Forms, but evolving instead of their changelessness?
Is the acceptance of separateness/difference/distinctiveness, a requirement for the existence of knowledge in Socrates’ and Plato’s world?
Is there a difference between knowledge and knowingness?
What is the goal of the distinct species known as humankind?
Would the former species of humankind existing perpetually in the state of oneness with the Everything have any goals? What might they be?
Your Blog elicits many questions from my separated mind. Am I chasing or following knowledge, or bouncing futilely against illusion?
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Refreshing; enjoyed this entry, will respond soon.
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