William James, Schleiermacher etc - Elizaphanian
30 Sep 2006 – by Sam Charles Norton
In the development of the Romantic understanding, a key thinker is the
theologian Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768-1834), who was strongly influenced by
the Idealism of his time. Schleiermacher believed that the source of religion
was an immediate feeling or consciousness, which is a precursor to rational
awareness.
Friedrich
Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher (Stanford
Encyclopedia of ... by Michael Forster - mnforste@uchicago.edu 17 Apr 2002 – Friedrich Daniel
Ernst Schleiermacher (1768-1834)
was above all following in the philosophical footsteps of one predecessor in
particular: Herder. Schleiermacher's philosophy of mind … have their roots in
Herder, … Some of Schleiermacher's most important philosophical work
concerns the theories of interpretation (“hermeneutics”) and translation.
Friedrich Schlegel was an immediate influence on his thought here. Their ideas
on these subjects began to take shape in the late 1790s, when they lived
together in the same house for a time.
Friedrich Schleiermacher - Wikipedia, the
free encyclopedia (November 21, 1768 – February 12, 1834)
From Leibniz, Lessing, Fichte, Jacobi and the Romantic school
Schleiermacher had imbibed a profound and mystical view of the inner depths of
the human personality. His religious thought found its expression most notably
in The Christian Faith, one of the most influential works of
Christian theology of its time.
The
ego, the person, is an individualization of universal
reason; and the primary act of self-consciousness is the first conjunction
of universal and individual life, the immediate union or marriage of the
universe with incarnated reason. Thus every person becomes a specific and
original representation of the universe and a compendium of humanity, a
microcosmos in which the world is immediately reflected. While therefore we
cannot, as we have seen, attain the idea of the supreme unity of thought and
being by either cognition or volition, we can find it in our own personality,
in immediate self-consciousness or (which is the same in Schleiermacher's
terminology) feeling.
"By
framing postmodernism as a cultural value system, integral writers can argue
that they are including these values (environmentalism, minority rights, etc)
and therefore have incorporated postmodernism into their outlook. They
typically then equate modernism with progress and industriousness. So when they
offer their integral (or post-postmodern) vision they basically end up
advocating a modernist political and economic system with a more compassionate,
supposedly postmodern, value system. And this, it is argued, is
post-postmodern: transcending while yet including modernism and
postmodernism." – Chris Dierkes writes. Bingo!
So
my question is: is integral really a "higher harmonic" of modernity?
Is this really an honest reflection of cultural evolution? Which, according to
many theorists, is discontinuous and as Phipps does write in his recent book,
"meanders" more than it progresses in a straight line. Unless I see
the current, American integral thinkers really embodying postmodern
"systems" and relationships (which integral thinkers are often not
comfortable doing, starting with Wilber's highly mental/rational systemization
of development), I think we have the right to be critical of their
Modernist-Romantic theorizations. integral yoga «
Evolutionary Landscapes
Attempts
to create an “Aurobindonian religion”: by Auro Truths
Sri
Aurobindo and The Mother have unambiguously stated that their ideals, teachings
and the institutions that they have founded do not belong to any religion or
religious body, in any name or form… For whatever is it’s worth – especially in
the realm of spirituality – there is even a judgment of the Supreme Court of
India, S.P. Mittal Etc. Etc. vs. Union of India, 1982 (http://judis.nic.in/supremecourt/imgs.aspx),
that has established that Sri Aurobindo’s and The Mother’s ideals,
teachings and the institutions that they have founded do not belong to any
religion or religious institution.
There
are numerous other instances where Sri Aurobindo and The Mother have unambiguously
stated that their ideals, teachings and the institutions that they have
founded have nothing to do with religion. There is even nothing in their
teachings and works to suggest that they wanted their followers to create a new
religion or establish religious institutions.
Nevertheless,
Myths and Falsehoods that suggest that Sri Aurobindo’s and The Mother’s
ideals, teachings and the institutions that they have founded belong to some
form of a new “Aurobindonian religion” continue to be spun, encouraged and
propagated by some individuals or by groups that have similar interests.
Persistent attempts to reduce Sri Aurobindo’s and The Mother’s work – which
they clearly enunciated belongs to the vast, non-religious realm of
Spirituality – to a Religion, can be witnessed. This can be seen particularly
in the dogmatic attitudes that are encouraged by those who wish to establish
such a creed. For instance, the logic and culture of “hurt (religious)
sentiments” and the polarization and exploitation of opinions based on such
hurt feelings is gradually but systematically being cultivated in the
Aurobindonian collective by those seeking to establish such a doctrine… and all
that goes with it.
Just
because some or even several followers of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother chose to
follow their Masters by treading a path that is based on a religious sentiment,
attitude or approach, does not mean that the Myth and Falsehood of such a new
religion shall someday become a reality. For whilst the vastness of Sri
Aurobindo’s and The Mother’s ideals, teachings and their institutions can and
do accommodate such religious attitudes and sentiments – without any
intolerance whatsoever – so far they have however proved to be just too vast to
get reduced to the limited confines of Religion in whichever name or form.
The
reasons for which the creation of these Myths and Falsehoods is being
attempted is left to the understanding of the reader. But it can be clearly
affirmed that an “Aurobindonian religion” or a religion that is based on Sri
Aurobindo’s and The Mother’s teachings is a Myth which is nothing short of a
Falsehood.
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