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Duality & Non-Duality – Alberto Martin Garcia
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Q.522 Metaphysics
Q: If metaphysical entities cannot be verified to exist, how can we say anything meaningful about them?
Martin: My position is that everything is metaphysical. (c.f. the question ‘Is everything metaphysical?’ on the Quora website: www.quora.com/search?q=everything+is+metaphysical).
So, everything that exists is metaphysical, including language and thought, sticks and stones, trees, all bodies, etc. In other words, there is nothing that is ‘material’ or ‘physical’ per se (which is a pure abstraction or a metaphysical theory).
Continue readingThe Illusion of Reality
Did Einstein write: “Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one”?
Albert Einstein actually wrote:
“People like us, who believe in physics, know the distinction between past, present, and future is only an illusion, albeit a stubborn one.”
That quote has itself been a recurrent one, but, as a very accomplished acquaintance of mine, Tom McFarlane, has written:
“There is no source for that, because Einstein didn’t say it. It is not consistent with his views. For Einstein, reality is what is true, not what is illusory.
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