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Zen
Li's Common Philosophy The Common Philosophy of Gandhi, Mohammad, Buddha, Jesus, Socrates, Plato, Descartes, Confucius, and others... |
| *Deification
results from astrologers and fortune tellers who tried to divine the future
through the movement of the Sun, stars and planets. Deification represents
a person's life through celestial events - the morning/evening star(Venus)
is the child, the Sun is the chief God or Father, the Moon is the Mother
or Ghost/Spirit.
A tradition carried out in many cultures, Ancient
Chinese, Indian, Egyptian, Judaic, European, etc. Just before spring the morning star follows a path through the southern cross, down below the horizon for 3 days, and then raises up into the sun. This naturally had great importance to people waiting for this event to bring them the sun and thus food and life. Because Venus is the brightest and most mobile object in the sky it attracted attention from many cultures. Often ancient plays are taken as historical records. |
The philosophical
thoughts and messages of the great philosophers have a common origin and
a common theme. The expression of this theme is based on the philosopher's
language and culture. To understand the person, we must first understand their background, their language and culture. We must see them in context. These physical trappings influence how we speak and formulate ideas, but they do not alter the truth. Some philosophers had such influential views that they were deified*, but this goes against what they taught. |
| Characters
from cultural allegories deified this way: Morning Star: Prometheus, Aphrodite, Phosphorus, Venus, Horus, Lucifer, Josef, Jesus, Helel, Nogar, Ishtar, (Tioumoutiri /Ouaiti), Kileken, Shukra, TaiPei Sun: Zeus, David, God, Helios, Ra, Amaterasu, Odin, Tyr, Sol, Nyambi, Isis, Surya Deva Moon: Thoth, Sin, Artemis, Mary, Luna Dawn: Eos, Aurora, (Oriens/East), Shahar Nightfall: Hesperos, Vesper (West) Night: Duat, Devil |
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Hicks (William Melvin Hicks) 1961-1997 Alan Watts 1915-1973 The complete life Philosophy I am within my body. This is a dance, a song, learn the steps and the words and enjoy the dance. Everything I can think of interferes with my appreciation of God. Language English, Chinese, Japanese Method Entertainer, speaker Rene Descartes 1596-1660 The Thinker Philosophy Cogito ergo sum - I have thoughts, therefore I must exist. The only thing I can be certain of is the thoughts within. The thoughts affect the body. Remove all concepts and you are left with the essential truth, God is within. Language Latin, French Country of Origin France Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi) 1869-1910 Peace in our time Philosophy We are all the same being. What you do to another you do to me. What I do to you I do to me. I will never fight you because I am fighting me, I will hold back and show myself respect. Satyagraha, (truth force) means that the most powerful weapon is the truth, and no other should be wielded. Truth is God. Languages Gujarati, Hindi, English Countries India, South Africa Influences Jesus, Buddha, Moses, Mahavira Mohammad (Muhammad ibnu Abdillah) 570-632 The knowledge within used on the world outside Philosophy All is God, and God is all (Allah). The only God is the entire God. The physical realm is not the important one. If we are good to others then we are good to ourselves. We can do nothing but surrender to the ultimate end that awaits all of us, but we can make the time until then a better time. Gather all the knowledge of the great thinkers and apply it in your life. To teach others about the nature of existence is a good thing. Do not fall into the trap of bad deeds by going against your conscience. If you study all knowledge you will find the truth. Background Mohammad lived in a city where idol-worship was common. Each tribe had its own God and its own code of ethics. His aim of gathering the various tribes in the city into a single nation would take his entire life. Mohammad lost his family while very young, and was given help by his community - a theme that continues throughout his teaching. The freedom of his youth gave him opportunity to meditate on the future of the city people and how he could gather them into a society. He began gathering support though his teaching of knowledge, which he knew to be a powerful ally in a country where knowledge was scorned on. Mohammad was one of the first civilians in Mecca to stand up against oppression by abusive rulers. He was able to do this by gathering a large number of followers who believed in his cause. Mohammad's respect for knowledge has often resulted in it being used against his teaching, as metaphoric phrases are often taken literally by zealots who do not understand the illustrative nature of writing. Language Arabic Countries Born in Mecca, Arabia Influences Buddha, Plato Jesus
(Isas ben Nazaret) +- 0 - 30 Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama/Gotoma) 6BCE Awakening to reality Philosophy When one is within one's self one awakens. Be awake, be aware of yourself, be aware of the outside world. One can only be spiritually healthy when one has removed all concepts from the mind, including those of magic. By doing our daily duties and being part of a system we can achieve purity of thought and mind, and live better, and feel better. The
word Buddha is a title, not a name, but because "Buddha" is
misunderstood to be a name, people have become confused and attributed
other people's lives with Buddha -. resulting in the "past lives"
of Buddha. The term Buddha means, "to awake and see what is in front
of you" and it is a title that can be given to anyone who sees through
the fables into reality. Plato 410BCE Knowledge is everything Philosophy The true universe exists within. By bringing two philosophies together (dialectic) we can find a richer understanding of both. The noblest values are those that we feel when at peace. The best philosophical dialectic exists between opposites, i.e. male and female. Language Greek, Latin Influences Socrates
Socrates 461-399BCE During his final minutes he cries out to his friends that they have indulged in prosaic Lamentations rather than physical aid. The Lamentations are possibly the same Book of Lamentations in the Judeo-Christian Bible as they describe the same events. His last words were
"Crito, we owe a cock to Aesculapius, see that the debt is paid."
- Aesculapius was the greek god of medicine Socrates refused to worship
- Socrates' final insult! Confucius (Kong Zi, Kong Qui, Zhong Ni) 550 BCE Entertainer, Qin(Zither) player, voluntary teacher. Philosophy Confucius was one of the first philosophers to speak against slavery and the abuse of people by those with power. His Golden Rule: "Do unto others as you would want others to do to you." Confucius reasoned like this: If God is the sum total of existence, then I am a part of God and you are a part of God. If I hurt you then I am actually hurting myself, which is pointless. "How to live properly can be derived by thinking, feeling and being. Morality comes from within." "A man should practice what he preaches, and preach what he practices. " "To know what is virtuous is not enough, you must love it." "If you enjoy what you do it is not work, it is pleasure." "It is better to see the good in others than for others to see the good in you." Language Chinese Country of Origin Lu Abraham The Leader by Conscience Philosophy There is no human God, but only the greater God. End barbaric killing and live a life of peace. Our conscience is here to guide us. If we help each other we can all survive. In Abraham's time it was normal practice to sacrifice humans to somehow please God. (A barbaric tradition that carried over from famine-stricken dry lands where every child who was born meant that someone else died from starvation. ) It was a father's duty to sacrifice any member of the family if they were unfit, or if they jeopardised the future of the family's survival. The closer the person was to you that you sacrificed, the more favour you supposedly received from God/Luck. Abraham decided to go against this tradition after he had a revelation - the thought of killing his own son was wrong, and what is right or wrong can be felt. Instead of suffering with the burden of more children, he would gather them into a society that would help each other survive, rather than work against each other. He would need to go against the primitive beliefs of the people around him, and gather as many people as he could to create a better society. Abraham is thus called the father of the Jewish people, as he was one of the first people to create a system of living, where each person had a different but complementary role, rather than each person duplicating the work of others in order to retain his Leadership/God status. Moses Of the greater God Philosophy Our father teachers us the fundamental morals, our sense of good(god) and bad. We must obey these values with the purity of thought and deed as our primary goal. To make an idol or physical representation of God means that we have something to put away. We should never be fooled into thinking that an object or a person is the total God, or we will have no reason to do the right thing when that thing or person is not in front of us. In Moses' time people often owned or even worshipped Teraphim (Lit. Clay Figure) - human or penis shaped objects used to aid the impregnation of women, or animals, or aid in Cleromancy. The mythical origins of the humankind were illustrated with these talismans in story-telling rituals. (e.g. Making man out of earth, breathing life into him...) The Teraphim were also used as fortune telling devices, like a lucky draw, and had various shapes that would determine a course of action depending on the random outcome, like dice. Moses wanted to create a new society not based on the love of physical things and random decisions and idols, but on the respect for nature and a mind led by conscience. It must have been a challenge for Moses to persuade a group of quite primitive people to give up their material-pleasures and appreciate the outdoor life and the world around. Moses was a scribe, exposed to the earliest forms of writing on clay.
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