[MD] Nihilism

[gav]

i think nihilism is a stepping stone on the path to
authentic selfhood. it is a 'clearing of the decks',
so to speak, of the artificial.

nothingness is simply no-thingness. the
undifferentiated.

nihilists may see this 'no-thingness' as an absolute
lack of moral distinctions. ironically, the reverse is
more true. 'things' actually obscure moral awareness.
once all things are swept aside, morality becomes a
different concept altogether. it becomes an
existential reality, lived out through natural
proclivities. 


--- MarshaV <marshalz at charter.net> wrote:

> Re: [MD] tiny skull... change... nothingness...
> At 08:41 PM 11/13/2006, you wrote to Chin:
> 
> >I think Quality is a weak substitute for Essence,
> but I also I don't think
> >either term signifies Nothingness.  What I can't
> understand is why you,
> >Case, and a few others here insist that Nothingness
> is the ultimate reality,
> >yet claim that you are not nihilists.  Perhaps you
> can explain this to me.
> 
> Hi Ham,
> 
> This, to me, is an interesting subject.  I have read
> both RMP and the 
> Dalai Lama reject nihilism.  I have called myself a
> happy nihilist, 
> but I am really confused regarding this term.  Is
> the rejection a 
> rejection of nihilism, or the depression that is so
> often associated 
> with the word.  My dictionary defines it in the
> philosophical sense 
> as: _extreme skepticism, esp. with regard to value
> statements or 
> moral judgements._   But this word also seems to
> carry a whole lot of 
> negative connotation.  Should it?  Does
> 'nothingness' or 
> _understanding that absolute truth is beyond human
> knowledge_ still 
> deserve such a negative connotation?  I think some
> acceptance is in order.
> 
> I have admitted confusion.  Maybe you would set this
> topic up 
> differently.  Please do.
> 
> Marsha
> 
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