And I would say that you’re exactly correct.MattH wrote:I would say that ignorance for Buddhism is ignorance of our lived experience, what our mind is, and how the mind works.
I posted a CloserToTruth interview with Andrei Linde just the other week, in a discussion about qm. But those discussions always end with wheel-spinning and the obstinate refusal of materialists to draw the inevitable conclusion about the non-substantiality of matter. They would rather take refuge [irony intended] in the ‘many worlds of Hugh Everett III’. It is astounding just how devious materialism can become in defending its perimeter. That’s what caused me to throw in the towel over there.
Although something else which has come up for me, is the profound nature of early Platonist Christian philosophy. I have adopted Huston Smith’s idea of there being a forgotten wisdom - something of great importance was found, and then lost again, in Western culture. The problem is, when you try and discuss it, the issues are of such great depth and there are so many opinions about it, that discussion becomes pointless. But I am going to continue to read and study.