shankara
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So I just finished writing an 8,500 word treatise on applying certain Jungian psychoanalytic concepts in a kind of "philosophical" sense to the whole notion of Eastern and Western (Abrahamic) mentality and spirituality (yeah, that's the kind of thing I do for fun...).
PDF is here: https://docdro.id/sDaoFdw
TLDR is something like:
PDF is here: https://docdro.id/sDaoFdw
TLDR is something like:
- Jung had concept of Introversion and Extroversion (a little different to their common definition)
- There are different archetypes corresponding to these two tendencies, the highest in the Introverted sense being the Mystic and in the Extroverted the Revolutionary
- Eastern and Western (Abrahamic) energies correspond with Introversion and Extroversion
- The Abrahamic prophets are spiritual revolutionaries, while the Eastern are Sages.
- The Abrahamic philosophy is based on interpretation of scripture, while the Eastern scriptures are themselves detailed philosophical expositions
- More coherent religious philosophy is found on the Eastern side, resolving certain problems which cannot be resolved within Abrahamic doctrines, while the Abrahamic prophets have revolutionary energy.
- The Eastern teachings tend to ignore the fact of oppression and social problems, dismissing them as "Karma" when in fact Karma is more complex than this (as we see through looking at things from the Abrahamic perspective).
- Each teaching can help to shed light on the other, synthesis is necessary
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