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Spiritual Growth: Being Your Higher Self: 3 Paperback – 25 May 1989
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These easy-to-learn processes taught by Orin, a wise and gentle spirit teacher, have helped thousands take a quantum leap, accelerate their spiritual growth, and live their lives with more joy, harmony, peace, and love. Spiritual Growth teaches you how to be your Higher Self in your everyday life, create a vision of your higher purpose, and manifest what you want rapidly and easily. You will learn to work with light for healing and growth, to connect with the Universal Mind for enhanced creativity, and to link with the Higher Will to carry out your higher purpose. Spiritual Growth gives you tools to lift the veils of illusion, see truth, expand and contract time, raise your vibration, achieve higher states of consciousness, open your heart, and know yourself in new, more loving ways. Spiritual Growth teaches you to have more satisfying relationships with others by using the skills of non-attachment, right use of will, being transparent to others' energies, and communicating as your Higher Self. You will learn to become a source of light and to grow through world service. This book offers the next step in spiritual growth for you who want to know more about who you are, why you are here, and what you came to do. You can align with the higher energies that are coming into the earth plane and use them to create the best life you can imagine for yourself. Book jacket.
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Sanaya Roman has been channeling Orin, a wise and gentle spirit teacher, for over 25 years. Although she no longer gives private appointments, most of the advice Orin gives to people is contained in six books: Living with Joy, Personal Power through Awareness, Spiritual Growth, Opening to Channel, Creating Money, and Soul Love. All of Orin's work assists people in unfolding their potential, finding their inner wisdom, and in growing spiritually. She has also produced an extensive line of audio guided meditations by Orin to assist you in transforming your life, contacting your soul and Spirit, learning to channel, and creating the reality you want.
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I have no words. I am grateful that this book was recommended to me. Reading it and engaging with the material feels like home. This information extremely resonates with my heart. All I can say is thank you Sanaya and thank you Orin.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A must readReviewed in India on 5 January 2020
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5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful Spiritual EvolutionReviewed in the United States on 2 March 2011
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Words could only begin to describe how insightful this book is. This book has helped remind me why it is important to have a connection with your higher self. The following is some of the helpful information contained in this book regarding the higher self (I am directly listing the written information that I found very healing in this book):
1) The "Connecting with the Universal Mind" (chapter 3 pgs. 28-36) contains information that explains why the Universal Mind creates what you think about. I really appreciate some of the helpful and transformational information included in this chapter such as:
1)You can have everything you want that serves your higher good.
2)The more expansive your thoughts, the more expansive the reality your create.
3)Your imagination transcends this dimension and connects with the Universal Mind where anything is possible.
4) It was extremely healing to me when I saw the following on page 34: Don't accept your current circumstances as the best you'll ever have. Don't believe people when they tell you something is impossible to create. When you know how to create with energy and light anything is possible.
5)Believe in your success, Picture yourself having what you want.
I am very lucky in my life, and I have an abundance of blessings to be appreciative of. However, I must admit that I also really enjoyed the "Allowing Your Higher Good" section of this book (chapter 10, pages 98-104). I know that this may sound unconventional, but it was as if my higher self guided me to really be aware of what is written in this chapter. The following are some very powerful statements that resonated with my spirit:
1)No matter what happens, tell yourself the universe is perfect, and everything that happens is perfect. If something you were hoping for doesn't happen, know that something even better will.
2)Allow people to be any way they want to be.
3)You can allow things into your life more easily when you let any form work.
4)Learn to recieve all the good things your higher self has to give you.
5)The following written statement in this chapter really opened my eyes very much (it is on page 99)People who have abundance, loving relationships, and happiness are not more deserving or better than you. They simply allow more good things into their life.
A very strong and persuasive case is made in this powerful book as to why it is important to work on connecting with and being your higher self on page 72 of the "Moving into Higher Consciousness" chapter: Your clairvoyant abilities will increase as you become your higher self.
There is so much more helpful and transformational details contained in "Spiritual Growth: Being Your Higher Self". I have only presented an exciting preview sampler. I felt guided to share how I feel about this book because recent events in my life encouraged me to be aware of being in touch with my higher self. In addition, being aware of your higher self is essential if you have ever had to be self-reliant. A great companion guide to this wonderful book would be "Ask Your Guides" by Sonia Choquette. Like Sanaya Roman, Sonia Choquette has also helped me to be aware of my higher self (she even has a chapter on your higher self in her "Ask Your Guides" book). Overall, in summary I am appreciative to Sanaya Roman for publishing this very beautiful and unique book. I intend to reference this book for many years to come because of the very magical and mind expanding writing of this book. I definitely recommend this book if you know that there is more to life beyond what you see physically with your eyes, and are aware of your spirit's presence.
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Who is My Higher Self?
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Who is My Higher Self?
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Your higher self is not an entity separate from you, it is very much a part of you. When people speak about their higher selves they are referring to the knowing or awakened aspects of themselves. It is through your higher self that deepest truths and hidden knowledge is accessed.
Higher self is sometimes used as a universal term by individuals who feel strongly connected to spirit. Having been a seeker of spiritual truths for what seems like eons I sometimes will forget about newbies who are just beginning their search. As a result, I will throw out terminology that is mainstream for "old seekers" like myself that may be foreign to new seekers. Higher Self is one of those terms.
Note: Check out my healing dictionary to explore more spiritual and holistic healing terms.
Have You Met Your Higher Self?
When you ask for help or guidance from your higher self, you are truly taking a giant Self-Help step. It is your connection to your unconscious. The higher self is the part of you that has not been wounded by judgements or prejudices. It does not view life through murky-colored filters tainted by past experiences (pain, rejection, abandonment, etc.). Nor is it a reflection of your wishes or expectations, although your higher self can assist you by clearing a pathway so you can attain your dreams faster or more easily. The higher self is YOU, the best part of you, it is yourself at the purest level.
Your higher self is worth getting to know and spending quality time with. What is great about your higher self is that it truly is your BFF. She (or he) will never abandon you, choosing to hang out with someone else. Nor will your higher self ever act "uppity" or "all-powerful," although in my opinion it has that right because of the knowledge and awareness it possesses. Know-it-all actions are ego-centric. Lucky for us the higher self does not have an ego. It is a loving and knowing aspect of your spiritual being. It is an inward source to turn to whenever you need information, whenever you need solace, and whenever you need love.
Finding Your Personal Truth
Seekers almost always will begin their spiritual trek outside of themselves by reading books, doing Internet searches, taking classes, seeking out gurus, etc. Wonderful that we have so many sources to turn to. But, whenever we turn to outward sources just know that you are going to get a flavor of other people's truths-- it may taste sweet, bitter, tangy, or something else. It is my understanding that everyone has a piece of truth to share, but does someone else's truth fit for you? Perhaps, maybe a sliver, a big chunk, and sometimes not at all. Some people's truths are in extreme opposite to my truth. This doesn't make it a non-truth--it is true for them. I will innately recognize a truth that is a lie for me. How? My inner self clues me in. This is how my relationship with my inner self works. She speaks up fairly loudly when she disagrees with something. She also perks up when a grain of truth is learned. Also, the higher self can help shed any truths once held that no longer benefit us. Spiritual growth is often about shedding old beliefs that no longer hold water.
You may wonder why your higher self allowed you to be led down a shady path of non-truths. Here's the deal... knowing something, really knowing something is often learned through mishap experiences. Taking a wrong turn and taking a different paths for a while can be eye-opening. Sometimes we only find out what we really want by having things that end up having no value to us.. The higher self understands this and will "chill out" while you are figuring things out on your own. My higher self is very caring and patient in this way.
After a few of trial-and-error experiences you may become weary of trying new things. Understandable. Taking a break can be healing, but just be warned that if you linger too long in one place along your spiritual journey you are going to feel "stuck" --- aha. We all know this feeling of being at a crossroads or stuck in a rut, right? Our fears hold us back, or the unknowing will block us. This is when we really will want to develop a stronger relationship with our higher selves to help us move forward in the right direction. Which way? Your higher self knows, just ask.
Connecting with Your Higher Self
How to Connect with Your Higher Self
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Buddha's Brain by Rick Hanson 2014
If you change your brain, you can change your life.
Great teachers like the Buddha, Jesus, Moses, Mohammed, and Gandhi were all born with brains built essentially like anyone else’s—and then they changed their brains in ways that changed the world. Science is now revealing how the flow of thoughts actually sculpts the brain, and more and more, we are learning that it's possible to strengthen positive brain states.
By combining breakthroughs in neuroscience with insights from thousands of years of mindfulness practice, you too can use your mind to shape your brain for greater happiness, love, and wisdom. Buddha's Brain draws on the latest research to show how to stimulate your brain for more fulfilling relationships, a deeper spiritual life, and a greater sense of inner confidence and worth. Using guided meditations and mindfulness exercises, you'll learn how to activate the brain states of calm, joy, and compassion instead of worry, sorrow, and anger. Most importantly, you will foster positive psychological growth that will literally change the way you live in your day-to-day life.
This book presents an unprecedented intersection of psychology, neurology, and contemplative practice, and is filled with practical tools and skills that you can use every day to tap the unused potential of your brain and rewire it over time for greater well-being and peace of mind.
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At the heart of Touching a Nerve is the question of what happens when we accept that everything we feel, think and experience stems not from an immaterial soul but from electrical and chemical activity in our brains. Patricia Churchland, one of the pioneers of neurophilosophy, explains what the latest brain research into consciousness, sensory experience, memory and free will can tell us about the enduring philosophical and ethical questions about what the self is, how our personalities are created and what determines our decisions and behaviour. As Churchland reveals, once we accept that our brains determine everything about who we are and how we experience the world, neuroscience offers new, critical insights into a fascinating range of ethical and
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An introspective, thought-provoking work of nonfiction that will promote intense discussion.-- "Library Journal"
It is hard to conceive of a better guide to this difficult terrain than the MacArthur-award-winning Ms. Churchland...[She] writes with surpassing clarity, elegance, humor and modesty.--Abigail Zuger "New York Times"
Makes beautifully clear how complex and contingent the simplest brain business is.--Adam Gopnik "The New Yorker"
Marvelous...A trustworthy guide, [Churchland] gives comfort not by simplifying the research but by asking the right questions.--Jascha Hoffman "New York Times"
In this remarkably moving and deeply personal book, Patricia Churchland, one of the founders of the field of neurophilosophy, reminds us all that we not only have a brain and how it works, but she plumbs the depths of philosophy's biggest questions from a neuroscience perspective and thereby opens new vistas about ourselves and our humanity.--Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic magazine and author of The Believing Brain
Bold, deeply insightful and biological to the core, with a warm and soothing touch of humanity.--Joaquín Fuster, author of The Prefrontal Cortex
[A] beautiful, unpretentious, enchanting exploration of mind, morals, and the meaning of life.--Owen Flanagan, author of The Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World
A spellbinding journey into the workings of the human brain and the relevance of neuroscience to our daily lives. It will interest anyone who thinks that good philosophy needs be grounded in good science or who is simply curious about how understanding the brain can help us make sense of the human condition. A terrific read!--David Livingstone Smith, author of Less than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave and Exterminate Others
Like a refreshing, bracing prairie breeze blowing away the cobwebs and obfuscation of so much philosophy and neuroscience. It is dazzlingly clear, down to earth, and often funny.--Alison Gopnik, author of The Philosophical Baby: What Children
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Patricia Churchland is the author of Touching a Nerve: Our Brains, Our Selves. She is professor emerita of philosophy at the University of California, San Diego, and the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship.
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Does God exist? Do we have a soul? Is it possible to make contact with a spiritual realm? How should we respond to the divine? Will life continue beyond death?Most people, whether deeply religious or outright doubters of any spiritual power, have probably pondered these questions for themselves. In fact, the religious impulse is so powerfully pervasive that neuroscience has posed a provocative question: Are our brains wired to worship?
Now, in a series of 24 riveting lectures from an award-winning scholar and practicing neuroscientist, you can explore the exciting field of neurotheology - the new discipline aimed at understanding the connections between our brains and different kinds of religious phenomena. Using an academic, experimental approach into what he calls "objective measures of spirituality," Professor Newberg attempts to explain what others have previously only guessed at: the neuroscientific basis for why religion and spirituality have played such a prominent role in human life.
In these captivating lectures, you'll learn how religious experiences originate, their meaning, and the reasons why religion plays such a huge role in human experience - peering directly into the seat of all human thought and action as you delve into the relationship between brain function and spirituality.
A leading researcher in neurotheology, Professor Newberg offers you innovative approaches to ancient beliefs and practices. Using brain imaging and other cutting-edge physiological studies, he helps you to better understand how the brain controls or responds to religious and spiritual beliefs and behavior.
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It would appear that we have much more work in place to call on from thousands of years worth of mystic thought, than we have from our infancy level studies of the brain. The brain is the new frontier. How far in we can travel with the scientific method? No doubt much further than we have so far.
Does God exist? Do we have a soul? Is it possible to make contact with a spiritual realm? How should we respond to the divine? Will life continue beyond death?Most people, whether deeply religious or outright doubters of any spiritual power, have probably pondered these questions for themselves. In fact, the religious impulse is so powerfully pervasive that neuroscience has posed a provocative question: Are our brains wired to worship?
Now, in a series of 24 riveting lectures from an award-winning scholar and practicing neuroscientist, you can explore the exciting field of neurotheology - the new discipline aimed at understanding the connections between our brains and different kinds of religious phenomena. Using an academic, experimental approach into what he calls "objective measures of spirituality," Professor Newberg attempts to explain what others have previously only guessed at: the neuroscientific basis for why religion and spirituality have played such a prominent role in human life.
In these captivating lectures, you'll learn how religious experiences originate, their meaning, and the reasons why religion plays such a huge role in human experience - peering directly into the seat of all human thought and action as you delve into the relationship between brain function and spirituality.
A leading researcher in neurotheology, Professor Newberg offers you innovative approaches to ancient beliefs and practices. Using brain imaging and other cutting-edge physiological studies, he helps you to better understand how the brain controls or responds to religious and spiritual beliefs and behavior.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! The first book that explained neuroscientifically what I experienced!Reviewed in the United States on 3 August 2019
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First off, I will say, I had probably heard the term enlightenment before but I didn't really understand what it meant and, therefore, had no interest in it. I didn't know much about other religions or mediation, etc. I associated with the Christian faith in a nondenominational way; however, I haven't stepped foot in a church for at least 20 years. I did, however, pray every day before bed. So what I'm trying to relay is I knew absolutely nothing about any of this stuff.
I had always felt very blessed in my life, was very successful in my career, had great health, etc. Life was great. However, five years ago I hit a very turbulent time...end of a 17-year relationship, rape/beating, and then a terrible boating accident that left me with a broken forehead, smashed nose, broken cheek, broken upper jaw that was driven into my nasal cavity, an upper lip that was hanging on by a thread, and a big chunk out of my lower lip. I was knocked out. Somebody got a life jacket on me. I learned later the boat sank in three minutes.
As an aside, there was a brief mention in the book something about the power of the mind in healing. I will say, my friends were all concerned with me looking in the mirror during my healing and thought they should cover up the mirrors so as not to upset me. I can honestly say, I always thought Why? I knew in my mind and heart wholeheartedly that I would heal and be perfectly fine. I never doubted it for a second. Less than three years have passed since the accident and nobody is the wiser. Between the bottom of my nose and the bottom of my lip, I had three hours worth of stitches. I heart countless times during my recovery from my various doctors, Wow, you are an awesome healer and no doubt, you have a guardian angel.
After healing, when I should have been extremely happy, I hit a period where I didn't feel like I looked at the world the same...to be honest, bitterness and cynicism of the world had crept in. My "heart" didn't feel comfortable with that. I had always been a lover of my fellow man and I knew I needed to bring that part of me back as I honestly didn't feel like myself.
So I started reading books on forgiveness and healing after trauma and healing your heart. And I spent countless hours just contemplating life, contemplating why am I here, what gifts was I given that needed to be nurtured and shared with the world. It was a long period of self-discovery, I guess you could say. I also pondered my weaknesses as a human being. It was grueling. There were a lot of tears shed. I didn't meditate or practice any form of ritual...again, I didn't know anything about those things. But after reading this book, it is clear I was in the daydreaming state and just tossing things around in my head and and contemplating and reflecting on things very deeply. This lasted for about two years and I felt great at the end of it and back to my true nature.
A few months later, I experienced another traumatic incident. I felt utterly defeated and abandoned by God. One day I googled something along the lines of "Bible verses when you feel abandoned by God" trying to see if I could get some solace and relief by reading some scripture. The google search lead me to realize what I was experienceing was known as an existential crisis or Dark Knight of the Soul. Yes, the end of a long-term marriage, the rape/beating, and the accident were bad, but that all paled in comparison to what I was experiencing with the existential crisis. It was the most horrifying feeling I had ever felt.
The worst of it lasted about two and a half, three months. It was almost debilitating. I was still able to do my job, but I was just existing, not really participating in life. By this time, I had read some articles online about spiritual awakening and knew that is what I was experiencing. the articles talked about it being life-changing, but at that point I didn't understand and couldn't see how this dark period could be so transformational. Heck, I felt utterly miserable.
One day I woke up and felt such a peace, joy, serenity, gratitude, love permeating my body. It was an amazing feeling, indescribable. I remember calling a close friend who had been watching this all unfold over the last couple years and tried to describe what I was feeling. I told him I thought I was coming out of the crisis. I was absolutely elated. Unfortunately, it only lasted four, five hours. But over the next few months, I would experience it again a handful of times. About two months ago, my friend who has been watching this unfold and who I am confiding honestly about everything I was experiencing, called me on his way to work to see how I was feeling. Well, I was still awake. I hadn't gone to sleep yet. I was in the euphoric state. No words for it. I was sitting on the porch just what I would call daydreaming when he called. I had been sitting out there since 9:00 the night before not really doing anything, just enjoying what I was feeling. It was so otherworldly.
So three weeks ago, I wake up and I'm in the euphoric state but there is a very strong what I would call energy in my body. It is very strong. Although I had never experimented with drugs, I kept thinking I am on the best drug ever imaginable. I felt connected with God. This lasted for three days. Amazing doesn't even describe it. The weird thing was, by the end of the three days, my physical body felt utterly exhausted, but what I call the energy was off the charts. By the end, it was almost unbearable. It was too much. The book had one sentence about people being diagnosed as manic during this time. I wasn't hearing voices or seeing light or anything, but I imagine I could have been diagnosed as manic.
There is something really freaky that happened when I was in the unbearably high energy level. Something that is so unreal. I guessed three things out of 22 that I absolutely would never have known. It was boom, boom, boom, one right after another. I called my friend and explained what happened, and we were both absolutely shocked. Honestly, I would need a statistician to figure out the odds of what happened. It was absolutely unreal. Was it because I was in a higher state of consciousness or what? Was it coincidence? I have absolutely no idea.
So three weeks later, I feel very peaceful and content. I don't get rattled much. I will say, though, there's been a few times I have trouble relating to people. As an example, I was out to dinner with a friend at a very nice restaurant. She started complaining about her baked potato and how grainy it was. She had me taste it and it tasted fine to me. She knew many of the waitstaff, and everybody who would come by, she would stop them and go on and on about this potato. They even sent the chef out. Good grief. This lasted for about 45 minutes. By this time, I say, Can we just stop with the potato? I think the homeless man we passed coming in would be absolutely thrilled with this potato. So I have trouble with pettiness and things that I consider menial things to be complaining about.
So I found an article written about Dr. Newberg's studies and purchased this book last night. I read three-quarters of it last night and finished it up early this morning. Now it is fully clear what I experienced. Definitely the Big E!
I did find a liscensed counselor who has a depth of understanding of these experiences and met with him last week. Since I didn't know much about any of this stuff, after those three days, I was trying to make sense of everything. Was something wrong with me? There's no doubt in my mind what I experienced was absolutely real, but what did it all mean? After devouring this book, I have a much better understanding of what happened. I've been blessed.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Informative!Reviewed in Germany on 10 December 2018
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I was hoping for even more science to back the spirituality, but it's very informative nonetheless.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read for spiritual readersReviewed in Canada on 15 February 2017
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I am in the process of rereading this excellent book and marking up items that I will place in my own summary document. It provides many important insights into how our brains are evolving as we push or investigations on who we really are and why we are here. How Enlightenment Changes Your Brain: The New Science of Transformation
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5.0 out of 5 stars Gem in scientific spiritualismReviewed in India on 9 April 2017
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Very good and informative book.The enlightenment principles of ancient Indian system repeated although in science shirt.The same old dog in new skin.Appears too costly to be afforded by public.In fact, spiritually oriented books should be least costly with no profit no loss or marginal profits only to be affordable to all.
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My master was a silent and lover of a ferry girl totally in a mental way,denying external senses.he was also in a constant company of dedicated spiritual master.natural contemplation with girl image he had.when,visual separation of both lovers occurred naturally,my master came into total influence of his master due to which his frontal and parietal lobe activities suddenly dropped which were heightened earlier with girl influence.reduction in activity more than 40 %was caused resulting in his sudden enlightenment. The similar happening appeared with me too.
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교토학파(京都學派) 철학의 이해
일본적인 사유의 정수를 담고 있는 것으로 여겨지는 교토학파의 철학. 동양 사상을 토대로 동서양의 사유를 통합하고 극복한다는 그 원대한 꿈과 심오하고 정치한 불교적 논리, 그리고 군국주의 옹호라는 현실적 귀결. 우리와 무관할 수 없기에 언젠가는 마주해야 할 그 사상의 세계를 오늘 여기서 만난다.
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일본 최초의 근대 철학자라 할 수 있는 니시다 기타로는 불교 철학을 바탕으로 동양과 서양의 사상과 철학을 통합하고 이를 아우르며 넘어서려는 문제의식을 가졌다. ‘절대무’의 논리를 토대로 한 그의 독창적인 철학은 같은 문제의식을 공유한 일군의 철학자들을 배출했고 이들은 ‘교토학파’로 불리게 된다. 그렇지만 서양의 한계를 극복하기 위한 이들의 논리는 근대 초극론, 대동아 공영론 등 일본 군국주의 침략의 사상적 기반으로 확장되었다. 일본적 사유의 정수를 담고 있다는 교토학파의 철학, 이 사상은 일본에게 어떤 의미가 있는 것일까. 그 단초에서부터 깊이와 현실적 함의까지 담아내는 여덟 번의 강의를 통해 그 사상적 세계를 이해해 보자.
‘철학자의 길’에서 만들어진 철학적 공동체, 교토학파
일본의 오랜 수도로 유명한 관광지 교토에 가면 ‘철학자의 길’이 있다. 교토대학의 교수였던 철학자가 산책을 하며 사색에 잠기던 길이라고 해서 붙여진 이름인데, 그 이름의 장본인이 바로 니시다 기타로이다. 교토대학에는 그의 영향을 받아 같거나 유사한 혹은 연결된 주제를 탐구한 후속 세대의 철학자들이 계속 출현했고 이들에겐 ‘교토학파’라는 이름이 붙었다. 니시다 기타로가 그러했던 것처럼, 이들은 불교 사상의 토대 위에서 서양 철학을 통합, 극복하는 것을 공통의 기조로 삼았다. ‘공’ 사상을 발전시킨 ‘절대무’와 ‘장소’의 철학으로 니시다는 서양의 한계를 극복하고 동서양을 아우르는 새로운 사상의 경지를 열고자 했다.
교토학파의 철학은 일본 초국가주의의 뿌리인가?
한국의 관점에서 교토학파의 철학은 악명 높은 역사적 원죄를 지닌 것처럼 보인다. 이른바 근대 초극론, 대동아 공영론 등 전범국가 일본의 사상과 논리가 교토학파의 철학과 밀접한 관계를 지니기 때문이다. 하지만 그렇기 때문에 우리는 그 사상을 더 잘아야 하는 게 아닐까? 평화와 자비의 종교인 불교의 사상이 어떻게 침략과 정복을 정당화하는 논리로 발전했는지, 그 논리의 구축 과정은 정말로 일본적인 사상의 중핵과 깊은 관련이 있는 것인지 말이다. 그런데 안타깝게도 한국엔 교토학파의 철학을 연구하고 소개하는 이가 많지 않다. 관심이 적어서일 수도 있지만, 무엇보다 불교와 동양 사상, 기독교와 서양 철학을 넘나들며 독자적인 논리를 구축한 그 철학이 쉽게 접근을 허락하지 않기 때문이다.
일본적 사상의 정수를 이해한다
강사인 이찬수 교수는 종교학자이자 평화연구가이다. 한편으로는 불교와 기독교를 통합하는 종교철학을 꿈꾸었다는 점에서, 그리고 다른 한편으로는 제국주의, 전쟁 범죄와 같은 폭력을 극복하기 위한 평화운동에 사상적 기반을 제공했다는 점에서, 누구보다 교토학파의 세계를 잘 이해할 수 있는 학자인 셈이다. 이 강의에서 이찬수 교수는 오랜 탐구의 결실을 정리해 중핵적인 개념과 논리를 따라가며 주요 인물들의 사상 체계를 소개한다. 우리는 이 강의를 통해 일본 사상의 거장들이 어떤 문제의식을 가졌고 어떤 논리로 이를 풀려고 했는지, 그리고 그 귀결은 무엇이었는지 일본적 사상의 정수를 접하게 될 것이다.
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이찬수 (철학자, 종교학자)
일본의 사상과 문화, 동아시아의 종교와 평화 연구자. 서강대학교 화학과를 거쳐 대학원 종교학과에서 교토학파 철학자 니시타니 케이지와 독일의 신학자 칼 라너를 비교하는 논문으로 박사학위를 받았다. 강남대 교수, 서울대 통일평화연구원 HK연구교수, 성공회대 대우교수, (일본)코세이가쿠린 객원교수, 중앙학술연구소 객원연구원, 난잔대학 객원연구원, 보훈교육연구원장 등을 지냈다. 현재 레페스포럼 대표와 아시아종교평화학회 부회장으로 봉사하고 있다.
- 저서
『메이지의 그늘: 영혼의 정치와 일본의 보수주의』(2023, 모시는 사람들)
『다르지만 조화한다 불교와 기독교의 내통』(2015, 모시는 사람들)
『일본정신』,(2009, 모시는 사람들)
『불교와 그리스도교, 깊이에서 만나다: 교토학파와 그리스도교』(2003, 다산글방)
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