Collective Enlightenment Through Postmetaphysical Eyes

* Article: Collective Enlightenment Through Postmetaphysical Eyes. By Michel Bauwens and Edward Berge. Spanda Journal, 2017

URL = https://www.academia.edu/33552616/Collective_Enlightenment_Through_Postmetaphysical_Eyes

Contextual Citation

"How then does spirituality e!press postmetaphysically? First of all it is no longer a domain diametrically opposed to the material domain. Another hallmark of metaphysical thinKing is this opposition, with the spiritual or absolute domain the source and cause of the material or relative domain. Postmetaphysical spirituality acknowledges the virtual realm, a+in to the absolute realm, but in a very different relationship with the actual or material domain. The virtual domain is still generative of the actual, but its own genesis lies not in a metaphysical plane but within its relationship to the actual in a co-generative process."

Abstract

"Enlightenment has had broadly different definitions is the East and West. In the East it is seen as an individual accessing meditative states that transcend the world of form in a metaphysical reality. In the West it is more about individual development to abstract reasoning, which can accurately represent empirical reality but is itself an a priori, metaphysical capacity. Enlightenment in either case is based on metaphysical individual achievements. However the postmetaphysical turn has questioned such premises, instead conte!tualizing both meditative states and abstract reasoning within broader socio-cultural conte!ts. Enlightenment itself has thereby been redefined within this orientation and is seen more as a collective endeavor that is collaboratively enacted."