Eastern Pantheism Worldview
John Doe
September 30, 2011
Eastern Pantheism Worldview
Tom Wendt
Introduction
This worldview believes . . .
Life
Eastern Pantheism Worldview
Domain: Money & Career
Domain: Sexuality
Domain: Family Domain: Suffering & Death
Domain: Friends Comparison to Christianity
Assumption
Naturalism Worldview
Reality Means all is one god or, better stated, all is one mind or spirit (not a personal mind or spirit, however).
Knowledge
Knowing is getting beyond self as distinct from anything else. Knowledge is transcending self and body and the awareness of thoughts, feelings, and goals. This is anti-knowledge, anti-senses, and anti-feelings. Human nature The soul of the person is the soul of the universe. This is the same as saying you are not here. You are one with the universe. You are not “becoming one,” but you are one. There is no “you.” If you can recall having a oneness experience, then you really did not have one, because
“you” would not have been there to experience it.
Therefore, these truths cannot be taught but only searched after by each individual.
Human problems Your senses are deceiving you. There is no world out there. Your feelings of self and problems are incorrect. Meditate and you and your problems will disappear.
Solutions to human problems You must screen out sensory or mental inputs with meditation or other similar techniques. The technique is not necessarily religious. You can dim sensory and self feelings by biofeedback, hallucinogenic drugs, floating in water for hours, or any one of a number of other techniques.
Human value Value statements are meaningless statements to the pantheistic worldview. I can say, “I love you.” But when I follow with, “I love pencils, I love dirt, I love illness, I love dog hair,” then you know that my declaration of love for you is meaningless.
Human purpose To achieve oneness and lose this erroneous sense of self.
Ethics You
are
September 30, 2011
Eastern Pantheism Worldview
Tom Wendt
Introduction
This worldview believes . . .
Life
Eastern Pantheism Worldview
Domain: Money & Career
Domain: Sexuality
Domain: Family Domain: Suffering & Death
Domain: Friends Comparison to Christianity
Assumption
Naturalism Worldview
Reality Means all is one god or, better stated, all is one mind or spirit (not a personal mind or spirit, however).
Knowledge
Knowing is getting beyond self as distinct from anything else. Knowledge is transcending self and body and the awareness of thoughts, feelings, and goals. This is anti-knowledge, anti-senses, and anti-feelings. Human nature The soul of the person is the soul of the universe. This is the same as saying you are not here. You are one with the universe. You are not “becoming one,” but you are one. There is no “you.” If you can recall having a oneness experience, then you really did not have one, because
“you” would not have been there to experience it.
Therefore, these truths cannot be taught but only searched after by each individual.
Human problems Your senses are deceiving you. There is no world out there. Your feelings of self and problems are incorrect. Meditate and you and your problems will disappear.
Solutions to human problems You must screen out sensory or mental inputs with meditation or other similar techniques. The technique is not necessarily religious. You can dim sensory and self feelings by biofeedback, hallucinogenic drugs, floating in water for hours, or any one of a number of other techniques.
Human value Value statements are meaningless statements to the pantheistic worldview. I can say, “I love you.” But when I follow with, “I love pencils, I love dirt, I love illness, I love dog hair,” then you know that my declaration of love for you is meaningless.
Human purpose To achieve oneness and lose this erroneous sense of self.
Ethics You
are
References: Cosgrove, M.P. (2006). Foundations of Christian Thought: Faith, Learning, and the Christian Worldview. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel. Turnitin Originality % Score: 19%