Guest guest Posted December 9, 2004 Report Share Posted December 9, 2004 Hey Harsha, I'll look around this evening a bit for an Aristotle quote that supports this. Can't think of anything off the top of my head... --Greg At 04:10 PM 12/9/2004 -0500, Harsha wrote: >Thanks Alan. That is the essence of the beauty of the teaching. What will >the Self meditate on? It is Always Self-Abiding. > >That is why the ancients called it "One without a second." > > > >I am reminded of a story. Has anyone heard it? Aristotle said that God is >Perfect. Therefore whatever God thinks about or focuses on must be Perfect >as well. Certainly the Perfect One will not focus on imperfection. But >since there is only One Perfection and That is God, it follows that God's >essential nature must be Self-Abiding or God-Abiding. So God is constantly >and continuously only meditating on God, there being nothing else. > > > >I heard that when I was in college and it seemed to me very Advaitic. Is it >a true story about Aristotle. Perhaps Greg Goode would know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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