Comments on: Religion, Science, and Education

By: poeticinterconnections

poeticinterconnections — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:00:17 +0000

Your English is fine! Thank you for your comment, and your congratulations. Your phrase “elastic capacity” is lyrical and wonderful. Hoping you become a regular reader and comment often.

By: riverrun

riverrun — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:05:00 +0000

congratulations to graduation…

the virtual world is curiously ambiguous: both converges and/or diverges … and maybe then drive to something you said in this post … no matter actually whether the individual versus the universal, the minimum versus the maximum and the light versus the dark (rembrandt => chiaroscuro) … even realize it is the ability to live and think within this elastic view … of how events are plastic … and how we live in this elastic capacity…

the greek concept of paideia (werner jaeger) deals with the teaching of men in the origin of time, not just a confusing methodology but what every nation in its source comprises: a childhood … childhood of time which is what the poet Walt Whitman sings …

obs: i’m new here and my english grammar is not so good

By: poeticinterconnections

poeticinterconnections — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:57:19 +0000

Thanks, Leanne! I’m playing Wednesday and Sunday this week. Just sent you a friend request at Facebook, so we can keep connected and updated on each other…

By: Leanne Crawford

Leanne Crawford — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:35:37 +0000

Congrats on completing your Masters! That is a huge accomplishment. I can’t wait to see what you will do next!

When are you playing at the piano bar again? We need to make a plan to come down and see you!

By: poeticinterconnections

poeticinterconnections — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:15:26 +0000

Thank you for your question, Dubness! Short answer: Theravada Buddhists strive toward individual salvation by cultivating discipline and wisdom through meditation, which is practiced largely in seclusion. Mahayana Buddhists believe in enlightenment collectively gained through compassionate action, love, and a realization of the innate holiness and interdependence of all beings. While I find both schools of Buddhism impressive and even sacred, Mahayana is more in line with the poetic metaphysical/ethical perennial philosophy this blog explores and endorses.

By: Dubness

Dubness — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:07:30 +0000

Where does Theravadin Buddhism fit in (if at all) with the mysticism your blog celebrates? You mention Mahayana of course and I am just curious.

xo,
Dubness

By: poeticinterconnections

poeticinterconnections — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:17:52 +0000

Thank you for your comment, Deborah! Our educational model definitely tends to analysis, at the expense of also teaching synthesis, an equally vital operation.

Regarding lines and circles: one of my favorite mathematical fun-facts is that there is no practical difference between an infinitely long straight line and the circumference of a circle with an infinite radius. So line and circle, geometric opposites, become the same at the point of infinity! Just as mystics teach that all opposites converge in the presence of God…

By: deborah

deborah — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:37:17 +0000

the deeper and broader i look, the clearer it becomes that there are “truths” clothed in infinite forms. trying to trace any of it in a linear way only makes me realize, the line is a circle. its also clear that nothing can be wholly separate, though out model of education and tendency to categorize do not reflect that. in the biographies of people whose thoughts and creations were distributed throughout our culture, i find that the scientist is a also philosopher, an artist, a theologan, a mystic, a monk, etc… – the permutations are beyond expression-at least for me. point being, even newton was not just a newtonian