tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693831137756973721.post3215562528433878508..comments2008-07-28T23:06:54.370-07:00<b>Cal-native Landscaping</b><br><br>noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6693831137756973721.post-53859424611799034932008-07-28T23:06:00.000-07:002008-07-28T23:06:00.000-07:00That's a very useful comment on idea as ordinarily understood and Idea of Plato. Can we not say Idea of Plato to be Archetype out of time, space and causality, of which all forms, types, are imperfect representation in time and space, and which cannot be known but which one can become one with. HOW can one ever become one with It if It is not in us, the very foundation and basis of our being ? <BR/><BR/>This brings up to my mind the cognate idea in the Bhagavad-Gita (chapter XIII): <BR/><BR/> "It is the object of wisdom, from knowing which a man enjoys immortaltiy; it is that which has no beginning, even the supreme Brahma, and of which it cannot be said that it is either Being (Sat)or Non-Being (Asat). It has hands and feet in all directions; eyes, heads, mouths, and ears in every direction; it is immanent in the world, possessing the vast whole. Itself without organs, it is reflected by all the senses and faculties, unattached, yet supporting all; without qualities, yet witness of them all. It is within and wthout all creatures animate and inanimate; it is inconceivable because of its subtlety, and although it is near it is afar off. Although undivided it appears as divided among creatures, and while it sustains existing things, it is also known to be their destroyer and creator. It is light of all lights, and is declared to be beyond all darkness; it is wisdom itself, the object of wisdom, and that which is to be obtained by wisdom; IN THE HEART OF ALL IT EVER PRESIDETH."Ramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03413358271911662225noreply@blogger.com