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(via Incendiary: John Toland and the birth of the Irish Enlightenment – Irish Philosophy)
[I]t was moved by one that Mr. Toland himself should be burnt, and by another that he should be made to burn his Book with his own hands; and a third desir’d it should be done before the Door of the House, that he might have the pleasure of treading the Ashes under his feet.
The Sun is my Father
When asked to summarize his beliefs, Irish writer John Toland said the following: "The Sun is my father, the earth my mother, the world is my country, and humankind is my family."
This week, I'll dive into pantheism and share quotes that convey or reflect this most-excellent tradition.
In my mind, pantheism and mysticism are closely related.
The mystical experience is the experience of oneness with all that is, the experience of supreme and total unity.
The pantheistic view is that "all is One"-- whether you call that One God, Tao, Logos, Brahman, Dharma, Nature, Cosmos, makes little difference.
The underlying premise is that the appearance of separate and distinct objects is illusory, a product of the bi-hemispheric brain and limited sense-organs at our disposal.
When we perceive and directly experience things as they truly are, we find that the illusion of subject-object duality dissolves and gives way to something indescribable and unnameable.
A grand, marvelous, mind-boggling Something.
You are that Something, and I am that Something.
In light of this revelation, how could I possibly claim citizenship in a tiny corner of my vast and expanding body? How could I call this person an immigrant, a foreigner, an exile, when he and I come from the same source and inhabit the same planet?
More importantly, how could I worship an invisible Sky-Daddy who gives preferential treatment to one tribe of apes but not another?
Better to worship the Sun, Moon, and Earth--deities I can rely on, deities I can trust.
At least this trinity provides light, warmth, sustenance on a daily basis, pulls and pushes the tide, houses every living creature.
Not sure about you, friends, but I like to give credit where it is due.
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John Toland was an Irish rationalist philosopher and freethinker, and occasional satirist, who wrote numerous books and pamphlets on political philosophy and ph...
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WWW’s Weekly Winners (October 13-19, 2019)
These are the best things I read, watched, and listened to over the past week. Let me know what you think!
Book: The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936–1945 by John Toland (Fascinating history of Japan in World War II. I thought it balanced explaining the big picture stuff and presenting individual experiences well.) Movie or TV Show: Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These (There were interesting developments I didn't see coming.) Song: “Another in the Fire” by Hillsong UNITED (Clearly a lot of thought went into the lyrics. I like the various metaphors that allude to different Bible stories but all work together nicely in this song. It's also cool how the three verses go from past to present to future tense.) Fanfiction: All the Things We Cannot Hear by @roboticrainboots (FMA. Every new chapter of this fic is a treat.)
