I noticed that my notes tend to deal with the being or existence, perhaps unconsciously am seeking an answer to my own existence, the transcendence of being, the discovery that matter is more than that, well since this takes me there, I turn to the existence of fact this is an issue I have left open and gradually I let go just taking shape, and well do not know if it's time to write on this subject, but something tells me so.
There initiation schools which conflicts with the academy or rather the latter with the former in relation to the form of teaching, using first a spiritual method, contrary to what teaches the academy, where everything is known through reasoning, as part of science which is inseparable from the physical.
Socrates pointed out, that truth can be captured only through reasoning where they do not engage the senses: sight, hearing and touch that I may be mistaken, but not the soul seeks the truth, the soul to reach the true knowledge has to make use of thought [1] . It seems somewhat paradoxical, as if it were a play How can you use reason? without the intervention of thinking, senses and soul How can get at the truth using thought? the which can not be conceived without the use of the senses.
years later Descartes put it this way, cogito ergo sum "I think therefore I am" [2] To reach the previous statement Descartes, before showing the material world, He stands in the proof of the existence of God, separating the rational world to the spiritual world " Under the name of God I understand a substance infinite, eternal, immutable, independent, omniscient and omnipotent. More How I can I, who am a finite being, have produced the idea of \u200b\u200ban infinite being, if you can not derive more from less? The inevitable conclusion is therefore that God exists because only a truly infinite substance can be the cause of the idea of \u200b\u200ban infinite Being that I find in my " [3]
knowledge, science acquired through thinking, reasoning step to make clear my perception of the outside world, because you may think but not being aware of our existence. Initiation schools in the candidate seeking an insight to the inside, facing east with the outside world, this exercise of thinking is different from the material world, the confrontation of the synergies that are there are different both from the outside as of the interior.
Descartes's position is contrary to the initiation schools and closer to the scientific method based on the reasoning, however, this work originates in the system of methodical doubt, the doubt everything as a sine quan non for finding the truth as opposed to the scholasticism of St. Thomas-based faith or the authority of Aristotle through the deductive method of major premise, minor, and conclusion. There is agreement that this work is born of modern philosophy away from the philosophy of Aristotle and medieval
In the search Descartes says that all I can fool even the senses and this observation to and who reported that their method is obtained by confronting the Aristotelian syllogism with math, I will not cover all the implications of the work of Descartes, famously only "I think therefore I am "
ever mentioning the cogito ergo sum (debate that is still pending), said I should put it in reverse , is to say, first and then I think I am. Descartes used the term thinking as synonymous to meditate to reason, because surely not referring to the thousands of thoughts that cross our mind, which a lot have nothing to do with the contemplation of our existence. (One of the first lessons of the initiation schools, is to show the master started as a vice, between letting the mind wander where it wants, which consumes a large amount of energy without being produced is in beneficial. In such a way to sort the thoughts and quiet the mind, helps focus on what is sought)
certainly seems to me that Descartes understood that to think first there should be, I am also certain that he was not referring to the physical side of existence, that is the common part of every primary, but I referred to top of the individual who attempts to answer basic questions, Where do I come? Who am I? Where do I go?, Seeking to understand the nature of things.
Risieri Frondizi analyzing Descartes said "I can not think without contradicting eliminate. And to be sure that I am also I am sure that as a thinking being. Not that I exist as a physical, biological, head, arms and legs, but there is at least as a thinking being " [4]
think, unlikely that Descartes did not understand the physical existence of thought as the first element, but not every human being is aware of its existence, not every human being is able to think and then start to exist, humans almost certainly confuses the physical existence and the basic thought result of sensory perception with full awareness of (his) life.
Plato [6] stated as follows, for those who live in ignorance, is like plunging into the shadows of a cave, absorbed in their daily lives, slaves to the shadows, living on their instincts, however, and paradoxically this very dark cave full of moisture, this death for many unnoticed, is the trigger, to discover the existence, using the method of duality of things, from chaos comes order, of living death.
Plato to the discussion of existence it is called the world of ideas, and the discipline of thought to exist, I wonder What this world of ideas ? Where is it generated? How is that acquiring body substance? How do you develop? How to acquire a life of its own creator? What is its nature? How does that divine spark suddenly makes connecting idea, cause and effect, between man and principle?; Even might think the world of ideas runs parallel to the physical world. Not enough space for so many But perhaps no worries this is another of the purposes of discovery of our existence as thinking beings discover, question of what still does not understand, investigate and form an opinion of what you want?
Surely these questions many people are raising concerns, and have found answers, Would not it be easier to resort to their responses?, Yes it did, would not be my ideas and my thoughts would not be my knowledge, neither my conclusions would not be seeking to give meaning to my existence, I am certain that would be much easier Copy and paste a treatise on the world of ideas, on the feed and therefore I am, on Plato's cave, however, and would unequivocally waiving my right to think and to doubt he would forgo my growth, my spiritual quest, may be wrong, I know, but if I apply the method of the duality of things, I can conclude that the error is the wisdom, Socrates [7] what puts as follows "The real opinion ranks between science and ignorance."
Today more than ever cogito ergo sum, has application, was the darkness before, today is a society immersed in consumerism, in the secular world few people take the time to meditate, just in case when things go wrong a prayer to the creator regardless of belief, prayer is to ask, almost never to say thanks, just enjoying the nature, sky and stars, friendship, the troubled world in which they live does not allow you to discover the value of life, much less help you realize your life and their commitment to him, society and the great architect of the universe.
society like today rarely experiencing a boom in communication and knowledge, we are the age of communication (lighting), but where was the spiritual life, for whom from initiation schools in the duality of things, provide closely a more spiritual, closer, more human to be alive today.
[1] PLATON. Dialogues, Edit. Legend, SA de CV, 2008, p.179.180
[2] Descartes, René, Discourse on Method, Edit. Alianza Editorial, SA, Madrid 1979, p. 22-27
[3] Idem, p. 28
[4] Idem. P. 24
[5] THOMAS, Pain, The Age of Reason . Edit. Conaculta, Mexico 2003, p.44-47
[6] Larroyo Francisco. Plato's Dialogues, Edit. Porrua, SA Mexico, 1978.
[7] Op Cit . P 149.
