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Lecture L3.2 The Academy of Wisdom and Enlightenment (AWE) How to open our mind www.AWE-edu.com. Meaning and value of life. Buddhism is actually an evolving human consciousness including religion, metaphysics, science and philosophy (The meaning of life)
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Lecture L3.2 The Academy of Wisdom and Enlightenment (AWE) How to open our mind www.AWE-edu.com
Meaning and value of life Buddhism is actually an evolving human consciousness including religion, metaphysics, science and philosophy (The meaning of life) Enlightenment is embracing these knowledge in totality and living out life wisely to its highest value. (The value of life)
Metaphysics The branch of philosophy concerned with the study of the nature of being and beings, existence, time and space, and causality Big questions Prerequisites
Expansion of one-dimensional Mind Set Finite – having bounds or limits; measurable; capable of being completely counted; not infinite or infinitesimal; not zero Infinite – unlimited or unmeasurable; indefinitely or exceedingly great
Finite vs.Infinite(measurement) Male vs.Female(sexually reproductive species) Black vs.White(abstractions) Living vs.Death(life) North vs.South(polarity) Positive vs.Negative pole(polarity) Good vs.Evil (survival advantages) Heaven vs.Hell(spirituality) Yes vs.No (Choice) Duality (relativity, opposites) – Yin versus Yang
Mathematic Logic • Finite = Measurable = unit • Infinite = immeasurable = no unit • Introduce additional units to measure large numbers, the immeasurable becomes measurable • break through duality (finite and infinite are opposites by definition) • Opposites are product of small mindset • X is inside the box, Y is outside the box, therefore they are opposites. No box, no opposites (think outside box) • The usefulness of very big and very small numbers are illustrated by the Macro-micro view power point.
Take Home Messages • Infinity is a concept founded on within-the-box thinking (limited thinking mode). • “Finite” and “infinite” are not opposite and not mutually exclusive terms; they are arbitrary concepts that depends on how far the mind is opened; they are relative. • Abstract concepts such as infinity (a qualifier) can be quantified by introducing new units of measurement.
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