[MD] Nihilism

[ian glendinning]

Gav,

I think that's a really enlightened and pragmatic way of looking at
nihilism - finding reality by letting go the received traditional
wisdom. (it's also the reason nihilism is so dangerous "in the wrong
heads" who forget it was stepping stone and not a destination.)

Ian

On 11/14/06, gav <gav_gc at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> 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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