Eastern Approaches To A Unified Identity

What is the self?

understand oneself both physically and spiritually

identify sense of self through the five virtues (kindness, justice, property, wisdom, and honesty)

Meaning of life

life is lived inly through human experience

life means maintaining harmony and success in social context, strive to become one with life

Mind and matter

goal is to become one with virtues

one is provided with all that is necessary to experience in the human world in order to learn their virtues, virtues are guardians of spiritually, therefore mind and matter are heavily connected

Nature of ultimate reality

beyond humans understanding

no denial that existence in another reality was possible, however it was believed the nature of ultimate reality and Devine intentions were beyond humans understanding

What is the self?

selflessness and yin yang

humans must remain selfless to understand ego and self relationship, and understand the yin yang which says all humans have good and bad within themselves

Meaning of life

life must be experienced

important to live every moment to the fullest, both living and non-living lives must be experienced, and must live in the present rather than the past

Mind and matter

soul rests upon physical body

close relationship between mind and matter, if one opens their mind they will better connect with the physical world

Nature of ultimate reality

maintain happy and flowing existence with Tao

tao is an impersonal ultimate reality and eternal truth, must live life with flow and embracing life as it comes

What is the self?

perception of self is always changing, its never constant

one must understand the Noble Eightfold Path (right view, right intentions, right speech, right mindfulness and concentration)

Meaning of life

to end suffering

one must understand the Four Noble Truths surrounding suffering (origin, truth, truth of ending suffering, truth of the path to end suffering) in order to achieve enlightenment

Mind and matter

everything in interrelated

relationship between mind and matter is what leads to full enlightenment. they must co-exist, mind is sensation and perception, matter is the four elements (solidity, motion, heat, and fluidity)

Nature of ultimate reality

reality is ever-changing and inter-related

combined ideas of the four noble truths (end of suffering, path to end of suffering, truth and origin of suffering) and the five niyamas (natural law, law of living matter, law of moral causation, the physical world, law of mental activity). ultimate reality is endless existence, samsara

What is the self?

the atman is the soul

when a being dies, its atman still exists within the universe and travels into the next life form. without the atman, a body cannot function

Meaning of life

reunite the atman and brahman

atman is a beings soul, brahman is the should of the universe. through samara, the endless cycle of life, the two will be re-united to achieve enlightenment

Mind and matter

reincarnation and karma

hindus Belize in reincarnation, which has a heavy relationship to karma. if you were a person who did not commit many bad deeds, you would be reincarnated into a god, if you committed more bad deeds you would be reincarnated into something like a fly.

Nature of Ultimate Reality

enlightenment comes through self-realization

archives self-realization by seeking awareness and connection with the Brahman