PHIL 3910 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: A Void, Chandogya Upanishad
9 Jan 2017
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We"re not aware that we"ve reached being because we are not aware of what. Even when we become enlightened, we cease to be aware of it because we cease to be aware of anything: 1-2: Different pollen brought together to make honey once they are honey, they are only aware that they are honey, not that they are the essence of which tree. Reducing essence to unity when they go from difference to unity, they forget their origins. Different creatures reach being forget their present state. Meant to be confusing so we try to think about it. 13 about dissolving salt in water and it still tastes salty. Salt and water perceive reality as being. Everything is a manifestation of it so everywhere. It"s nowhere because you can"t find it as something distinct. Chapter 11: third metaphor: in the middle meant to unify the four other metaphors, combines the metaphor of water into pollen.
