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7/12/2025, 9:07:48 PM
I have made some claims to negate Advaita Vedantic philisophy. Are there any negations for this or I'm missing something
Let’s be honest philosophy, at its core, is a way of life.
Not just abstract speculation or semantic gymnastics, but the art of living: how we make sense of existence, navigate suffering, and structure meaning. Stoicism, nihilism, absurdism each offers its own lens. Eastern philosophy, especially Vedantic traditions, does too. But here’s where it collapses under scrutiny.
First flaw:
Eastern philosophy builds itself on the promise of liberation moksha, nirvana, truth. But who coined these terms? Who constructed this framework of bondage and freedom? Humans. These are not eternal realities they're linguistic architectures created to make sense of inner chaos. Liberation implies imprisonment. But show me the actual prison. Strip away the metaphor, and it’s a psychological loop dressed as cosmic revelation. It's not truth. It's a coping mechanism.
Second flaw:
The popular Vedantic line “You are not the body, you are pure consciousness” sounds profound until you meet reality. Tell that to someone with OCD. Tell that to an amputee with phantom limb pain. Tell that to a neurodegenerative patient. The self is inseparably embodied. Consciousness isn’t floating above the flesh it emerges from it. It’s not some divine essence; it’s the evolved complexity of the human brain. When the body is altered, so is the “self.” There’s no metaphysical gap only a neurological continuum.
Third flaw:
Eastern philosophy is, at best, a sophisticated belief system like any other.
It isn’t universal truth. It’s a lens one among many shaped by cultural trauma, spiritual longing, and poetic imagination. Its elegance often blinds people to its logical circularity. The entire foundation liberation, karma, rebirth, soul, detachment is based on premises that cannot be proven or even rationally defended beyond anecdotal mysticism.
So no I don’t reject it out of disrespect.
I reject it because when you strip away the poetic metaphors, it doesn’t hold up to rigorous inquiry.
It promises transcendence, but it starts with delusion.
And I’d rather live grounded in uncomfortable truth than float in comforting myth.
Let’s be honest philosophy, at its core, is a way of life.
Not just abstract speculation or semantic gymnastics, but the art of living: how we make sense of existence, navigate suffering, and structure meaning. Stoicism, nihilism, absurdism each offers its own lens. Eastern philosophy, especially Vedantic traditions, does too. But here’s where it collapses under scrutiny.
First flaw:
Eastern philosophy builds itself on the promise of liberation moksha, nirvana, truth. But who coined these terms? Who constructed this framework of bondage and freedom? Humans. These are not eternal realities they're linguistic architectures created to make sense of inner chaos. Liberation implies imprisonment. But show me the actual prison. Strip away the metaphor, and it’s a psychological loop dressed as cosmic revelation. It's not truth. It's a coping mechanism.
Second flaw:
The popular Vedantic line “You are not the body, you are pure consciousness” sounds profound until you meet reality. Tell that to someone with OCD. Tell that to an amputee with phantom limb pain. Tell that to a neurodegenerative patient. The self is inseparably embodied. Consciousness isn’t floating above the flesh it emerges from it. It’s not some divine essence; it’s the evolved complexity of the human brain. When the body is altered, so is the “self.” There’s no metaphysical gap only a neurological continuum.
Third flaw:
Eastern philosophy is, at best, a sophisticated belief system like any other.
It isn’t universal truth. It’s a lens one among many shaped by cultural trauma, spiritual longing, and poetic imagination. Its elegance often blinds people to its logical circularity. The entire foundation liberation, karma, rebirth, soul, detachment is based on premises that cannot be proven or even rationally defended beyond anecdotal mysticism.
So no I don’t reject it out of disrespect.
I reject it because when you strip away the poetic metaphors, it doesn’t hold up to rigorous inquiry.
It promises transcendence, but it starts with delusion.
And I’d rather live grounded in uncomfortable truth than float in comforting myth.
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