Arthur Schopenhauer. The world as a performance. Understanding the relationship between different ideas
Arthur Schopenhauer was born in Danzig (now Gdansk) in 1788, the son of a wealthy businessman and a future famous writer. Already at the age of 17, he recalled, “without any school education, I was as overcome by a feeling of world sorrow as Buddha was in his youth, when he saw illness, old age, suffering, death” (1:6, 222). Reflecting on the misfortunes of the world, Schopenhauer “came to the conclusion that this world could not be the work of some all-good being, but undoubtedly the work of some devil, who called the creature into existence in order to enjoy the contemplation of torment” (1:6, 222). This extremely pessimistic view was soon modified by Schopenhauer in that he began to assert that although various disasters are inextricably linked with the very existence of the world, this world itself is only a necessary means for achieving the “highest good.” The shift in emphasis also changed Schopenhauer’s interpretation of the deep essence of the world. From a devilish beginning, it turned into an irrational beginning, but unconsciously seeking self-knowledge. The sensory world lost its independent reality, appearing as a nightmare, revealing the irrationality of the world’s essence and pushing towards a “better consciousness.”
The Universe in One Atom: Science and Spirituality in the Service of the World. Tenzin Gyatso
In this book, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, outlines his views on the possibility of spiritual cooperation between modern science and religiosity to eliminate suffering in human life. Based on personal experience of many years of religious practice, as well as familiarity with the main provisions and discoveries of modern science, the author discusses the possibility of developing a single point of view regarding such seemingly incompatible ideas as, for example, evolution and karma, thereby creating the prerequisites for a holistic a view of the world in which science and religion become two equal approaches to the study of a single reality.
Quantum philosophy of monistic idealism by Amit Goswami (+ book)
There is too much quantum supernaturalism around, too many experiments showing that the objective world is a world that moves forward in time like a clock, which says that action at a distance, especially instantaneous action at a distance, is impossible, which says that a thing cannot be in two or more places at the same time, represents an illusion of our thinking.