So I'm currently sat in a very beautiful b and b run by Buddhist monks with my wonderful fiancee.

I was wanting to write a blog post about something to do with naturalistic pantheism, and as I was reading something about advaita vedanta it came to me.

To explain, advaita is a non dual school of Hinduism, it is pantheist/panentheist in nature, stating that everything arises from brahman, but it doesn't realise it and part of the spiritual journey is to experience oneness with brahman, its a more recent school of Hinduism and a popular one within western circles.

One part that interests me and can apply to monistic naturalistic pantheism is that of how true something is. In advaita they talk about both brahman being a level of true, and jiva(individual entities) being a level of true. This can be applied to naturalistic pantheism as on one level the unified cosmos is matter/energy, and this is true, on another level the jiva formed from the matter/energy are also true.

I feel this is important for me as it allows me to understand at once thediversity and the unity of the cosmos and all of us who are manifestations of it. This helps sustain love for the universe and all the manifestations there of. As we are all part of the same unified entity I know I should treat all parts of us with respect.

I started off saying this universe is monistic but at the same time it is pluralistic too. To quote Carl Sagan "the beauty of a thing is not the atoms that go into it but the way those atoms are put together" The beauty of the cosmos is not just its unity but the many manifestations of it, this beauty is truly something to behold, often I find that even the most mundane is beautiful when I stop and look at it, the light shining on the wall, a cup of tea, pillows, cats pieces of paper are all manifestations of the cosmos.

thank you for reading my ramblings and attempts at helping my chosen philosophy have practical connotations, I very much appreciate it.

With Metta.

Will.

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