There is no agreed system of arbitration and no agreed arbiters. We need to agree on the ‘correct rules’

alan kazlev Says: April 23rd, 2007 at 6:27 pm Very interesting material, Edward! It reminds me of how Lurianic and Hassidic Kabbalah is approached from the perspective of orthodox Judaism. In Sufism there is a similar relationship with Islam. And so on. I understand all this to mean that each religion or tradition has built up a “formation”, a thoughtform, of great power, so by staying within the confines, the strict limitations, of that tradition, one benefits fom that formation. Actually it is the same with the Golden Dawn too! Or even, in my experience, Theta Healing, or any New Age teaching.

kela Says: April 24th, 2007 at 2:02 pm Hello Edward. You say that one of Ken’s points is that Buddhism is the “correct view.” But then does this mean that only Buddhism is true and other traditions are not “correct view?” Is this what he is saying? Or is he saying that within the context of the practice of Buddhism, the Buddhist view is the correct view, and within the practice of Vedanta, Vedanta is the correct view, etc?

ray harris Says: April 24th, 2007 at 7:40 pm There’s something frustrating about all this. Most of it is assertion. There is no agreed system of arbitration and no agreed arbiters. Of course any system is going to assert it is superior - it must, otherwise it makes itself redundant. Of course Wilber, Aurobindo, etc are the highest because if they are not as a follower you are admitting you are following the second-best.
Furthermore, no-one judges ‘correct views’ by the same standards. A fundamentalist Abrahamist regards their belief to be the ‘correct view’ by their rules and they simply reject other rules. So rather than ask is this the ‘correct view’ we need to agree on the ‘correct rules’.

Tusar N. Mohapatra Says: April 25th, 2007 at 12:23 am Happy to see Ray Harris uttering the hated name, Aurobindo! Can we remember The Mother also?

jose Says: April 25th, 2007 at 4:03 pm Of course Wilber, Aurobindo, etc are the highest Sri Aurobindo of course, but Wilber? I am amazed you can even compare them as if they were “equals”. Has Wilber any realization? Does he has the Divine Consciousnes?