I came across him in McGilchrist too, his first book.
The reflexivity of man back to God was the subject of a very interesting discussion I just had at the recent INSS conference in Northampton with a Carmelite nun who was teaching mysticism. Essentially, man and god are one, man then becomes conscious of god and on his own part, then turns towards god. Like sunflower in a field of light r realising that the light that had always been there was there and then turning towards it...
I similarly had a another conversation with Trevor Griffiths about this triunity being a common and fundamental theme and the turning towards god being consciousness itself....
I was talking about how creativity ensues through metaphor's ingress into the unknown which then reflects back into the metaphor itself increasing its density and richness.. Trevor thought that this reflection might well be consciousness again....
Does that make any sense?? Ah... but thank you for reminding me of Scheler...I wish I'd added him to my talk!
I came across him in McGilchrist too, his first book.
The reflexivity of man back to God was the subject of a very interesting discussion I just had at the recent INSS conference in Northampton with a Carmelite nun who was teaching mysticism. Essentially, man and god are one, man then becomes conscious of god and on his own part, then turns towards god. Like sunflower in a field of light r realising that the light that had always been there was there and then turning towards it...
I similarly had a another conversation with Trevor Griffiths about this triunity being a common and fundamental theme and the turning towards god being consciousness itself....
I was talking about how creativity ensues through metaphor's ingress into the unknown which then reflects back into the metaphor itself increasing its density and richness.. Trevor thought that this reflection might well be consciousness again....
Does that make any sense?? Ah... but thank you for reminding me of Scheler...I wish I'd added him to my talk!