Something for Nothing

This book is a compilation of sayings useful to understanding Eastern thought and General Semantics. The agreement between General Semantics and Eastern philosophy is profound, illuminating, and deepens the understanding of both. For instance, the expressions, "The description is not the described," and, "The thought is not the thing," are found in both Eastern philosophy and General Semantics. Both systems arrive at reality as nonverbal, silent, and beyond comprehension with thought. This despite the fact that one is spiritual and one is atheistic. Two entirely different approaches arriving at the same ultimate conclusions is exciting and enlightening.If you are not familiar with Eastern thought, the word "nothing" can have a profoundly positive meaning. For instance, "nothing" can mean the unknowable creative source of everything. Eastern philosophy has two major divisions; one that has gods, and one that has a void instead of gods. The word "nothing" in this book often refers to this invisible, unfathomable, and all-powerful Eastern void. The word "void" is also to be considered positive in the Eastern philosophy sense. Perhaps, because of the negative connotations of the words "void" or "nothing", the Western mind would do better to think of "positive pure-energy" in place of void and nothing.The word "nothing" in this book can... |||This book is sold in the US by Sony Electronics Inc. |||This book is sold in Canada by Sony Electronics Inc.

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• Published by

  FitzMaurice Publishers

• Publish Date

  June 22, 2011 

• eBook ISBN

  9781878693198

• Imprint

  FitzMaurice Publishers

• Filesize

  2.85 MB

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