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@SherPoint 1/7 Meanwhile, Cheetham’s penetratingly discerning synthesis sheds light on a root perceptual conundrum: "The fundamental unity of the faculties of human cognition and the world to which they give access is the eternal pagan substrate." How, then, does the seeing eye, see itself?

The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there. - Yasutani Roshi
Things are not as they appear. Nor are they otherwise. - Lankavatara Sutra

Symbolic geometrical image of regenerative trinitarianism with calligraphy reading.
“The display (what we see) is dual, but the reality is identical.” - Mircea Eliade
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The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there. - Yasutani Roshi Things are not as they appear. Nor are they otherwise. - Lankavatara Sutra Symbolic geometrical image of regenerative trinitarianism with calligraphy reading. “The display (what we see) is dual, but the reality is identical.” - Mircea Eliade

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Nick Routledge@nick_routledge · 10 Sept 2023

@y_marriex @yakabikaj "Horses and elephants pull at the word of command. But the wise man understands even what is unsaid; the enlightened, the full content of what has been communicated only by a hint. There are meanings immanent and causative in verbal and visual symbols." - A.K. Coomaraswamy

Cartoon of Tintin and Captain Haddock in New Delhi at the site of the Qutb Minar minaret in Delhi's oldest fortified city. And another image of them chatting with locals at the site of the Red Fort.
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Cartoon of Tintin and Captain Haddock in New Delhi at the site of the Qutb Minar minaret in Delhi's oldest fortified city. And another image of them chatting with locals at the site of the Red Fort.

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1/ A.K. Coomaraswamy: "In the night of Brahman nature is inert and cannot dance until Shiva wills it. He rises from His rapture and, dancing, sends through inert matter pulsing waves of awakening sound; and lo! Matter also dances, appearing as a glory round about him...”

2/ “... Dancing, he sustains its manifold phenomena. In the fullness of time, still dancing, he destroys all forms and names by fire and gives new rest.”
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Copy of two post thread: 1/ A.K. Coomaraswamy: "In the night of Brahman nature is inert and cannot dance until Shiva wills it. He rises from His rapture and, dancing, sends through inert matter pulsing waves of awakening sound; and lo! Matter also dances, appearing as a glory round about him...” 2/ “... Dancing, he sustains its manifold phenomena. In the fullness of time, still dancing, he destroys all forms and names by fire and gives new rest.”

Cartoon image of Tintin's dog Snowy looking nervous in front of statue of Nataraja attended by sword-wielding devotee.
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Cartoon image of Tintin's dog Snowy looking nervous in front of statue of Nataraja attended by sword-wielding devotee.

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