[Mind's Eye] Re: life

Well Ash, like all words, when applied to something it becomes a 'lie'…
read: becomes something other than itself.

Accepting that caveat, I use the term "The Good" in the Platonic way.
And, since we are talking about Divine Forms here, we move quite
quickly into mysticism. So, just applying 'rational' terms and
reasoning let alone simple analogies just won't cut it for a full
understanding of the notion.

For those who aren't conversant with this, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Form_of_the_Good

As is referenced, it (Good) exceeds being. Looking further down the
page, it is instructive to note that Parmenides suggests that such
Forms "must be seen through the mind's eye." Interesting, no?

In the first handful of years, Mind's Eye was all rational and
mysticism and religiousness was in general shouted down as being
worthless at best. I found this a strange and unenlightened view and
kept pushing the agenda of exploring beyond the 5 senses…often to
sharp reactions and criticism. Today, perhaps as a result, we have
moved in general to the other side of the dichotomy of skeptic/
believer… and many posts are pure blind belief.

Regardless, when first exposed to the Greek notion of 'The Good', I
found an innate resonance and have been exploring the associated Pure
Grounds ever since.

You asked for my words on this…something quite difficult to present at
best. I will say that as shown above that The Good is a universal. It
is objective. It is innate and not of the senses.

In particular, I was saying in my previous post in response to your
suggestion that "we seem mostly of little consequence." that "On the
larger scales, our logic…" is of little or no consequence either…at
least in any ultimate sense.

Hopefully this at least approaches a satisfactory response for you.

On Apr 2, 11:42 am, Ash <ashkas...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Could you please clarify what is meant by "The Good"? I understand some
> limitations and pitfalls of logic but knowing that clarifies little in this
> regard, it's another point agreed on. "The Good" is a term used by many but
> it makes little sense to me, perhaps I am uninitiated, it seems mostly
> arbitrary. But I would like your take on it if you please.