Attainment of 0‽ in terms of Enlightenment

Summary:

How might one explain the idea of enlightenment in terms of cuil?

Attainment of 0‽ in terms of Enlightenment

Aguyinachair 23 Nov 2009 19:38

As Mad_Gouki states:

"0‽ is that it represents, philosophically, the absoluteness of all things(god, the universe), or mathematically, the base state for a system, from which the other values are based."

Taking this definition; could the idea of Enlightenment as expounded upon in Buddhism and Hinduism be actually a simplistic attempt to explain cuil? I submit that these cultures have been attempting to define 0‽ for some time, but lacked the proper theory to give it any true realization.

That being said; I think that 0‽ is what the Eastern religions have come to call "enlightenment", where all parts of reality are understood.

Meditation as a means of reaching 0‽ is most definitely an exponential endeavor. As one works to encapsulate reality and approaches 0‽ from either the negative or the positive*, one must relinquish the logic and basic mechanistic processes that allow us to properly deal with the world around us.

*As a meditative practice, reaching 0‽ from the negative spectrum would involve pretending that you are, in fact, a tree. Your experience as a tree trying to come to terms with the fact that you are conscious that you shouldn't have consciousness then forces you to move towards 0‽.

Re: Attainment of 0‽ in terms of Enlightenment

KDMAnderson (guest) 12 Dec 2009 07:37

From a Yogic standpoint, ‽ Theory makes a lot of sense in terms of explaining the concept of enlightenment. If the ultimate goal is to free yourself from the insanity of the ordinary mind, then gradually, as you come to terms with the world as it exists in the present moment and break away from psychological time, you relinquish the preconditions that formed the psychological aspect of your perspective, therefore bringing you closer to the highly desirable 0‽.

I think, though, that 0‽ is unattainable from the finite perspective of human beings. From a platonic standpoint, we can never truly attain 0‽, because no matter how successful we are at obliviating psychological perspective, we are still bound to our sensory perspective.