Russell Said: If there is a man, he is sure to have his life of Ego (that he is the doer of all actions).
God(el) Said: Stating from the highest viewpoint, a man has his Self (or Aatman) different from his Ego, and if he thinks of his Self as his Ego (i.e, if he confuses his Aatman with his Ego), he'll destruct himself.
God(el) Said: Stating from the highest viewpoint, a man has his Self (or Aatman) different from his Ego, and if he thinks of his Self as his Ego (i.e, if he confuses his Aatman with his Ego), he'll destruct himself.
In more logical terms,
Russell Said: If there is an axiomatic system (man), it (he) is sure to have statements (life) with contradictions (Ego).
God(el) Said: If you consider a higher system (highest system), the contradicting statements (life with Ego) are no more contradictions but mere statements (mere life or Aatman or Self) and if we say those statements are theorems in the axiomatic system (identifying Ego with Self, identifying contradiction with the non-contradiction), the system will go inconsistent (self-destruction).
Is Godel a Vedantin ?
Russell Said: If there is an axiomatic system (man), it (he) is sure to have statements (life) with contradictions (Ego).
God(el) Said: If you consider a higher system (highest system), the contradicting statements (life with Ego) are no more contradictions but mere statements (mere life or Aatman or Self) and if we say those statements are theorems in the axiomatic system (identifying Ego with Self, identifying contradiction with the non-contradiction), the system will go inconsistent (self-destruction).
Is Godel a Vedantin ?
2 comments:
Can you let give me some examples of "contradictions identifying ego and self"?
Mathematics chose "the incompleteness principle" to take care of "absurdities". But I am not sure why philosophy should/ should not differentiate himself from ego. I am missing your anology!!
Ego is different from the Self. You can think of Self as God or Conciousness or Absolute Truth which is different from what we think or act. Ego is the feeling of 'I'. Self exists all by itself. It is just a witness to all thoughts and actions. Something like a theatre screen. And Ego is like a movie. If one doesn't recognize the screen and just sees the movie, or identifies the movie with the screen, he is sure to have the effects of the movie in him. He'll never recover or wake up ! Just like if we identify statements as theorems, we'll never get a consistent system.
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