solipsism and advaita

egodust egodust at DIGITAL.NET
Wed Dec 17 20:51:02 CST 1997


Kartik wrote:
> > YOU ARE REAL..........REST IS UNREAL
> >
> >
> >
> >                                                     NAGESWAR
>
> This is a point of view in Western philosophy called "solipsism" which
> states that (in my version) the only thing that can be verified is oneself.
>

There's a big difference between the idea of 'oneself' and the reality of
the Self which is the universal substratum [beneath] everyone's 'oneself.'

Namaste.

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