The “oneness of existence” is neither monism nor dualism. — Toshihiko Izutsu
This is a good book (as an introduction) if you haven't already read it. — Agustino
The ousia of God is God as God is.
Thanks, I haven't come across that one yet.I also have a book called A Different Christianity by Martin Amis — Wayfarer
>:OI do read some of those Eastern Orthodox theologians but I have to be careful as I could easily be pulled into their orbit ;-) — Wayfarer
Yeah, it does cash out in terms of the interrelationship of all (one) existence. Spinoza was using the term in Aristotelian fashion anyway with slight Cartesian tints. Basically, substance was the bearer of modes and predicates (as per Aristotle's definition) and also that which had an independent existence - ie it existed in-itself and did not depend for its existence on another.I think it is nearer in meaning to 'being' or 'subject' than what we understand as 'substance'. — Wayfarer
I've never read Gurdjieff through Ouspensky, I've read him through Osho who commented at length on him - I must have been 13 or so back then, so it's quite a long time ago.Gurdjieff's teaching about finer and courser 'energies'. The latter is comprehensively set forth in Ouspensky's A New Model of the Universe: Principles of the Psychological Method In Its Application to Problems of Science, Religion, and Art. It must be nearly thirty years since I read that book! — Janus
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