Review of The Nature of Existence (2010) by Maurice B — 01 Sep 2010
Taking a potpouri approach provides an adventure here for people who find the competition of paradigms rather appealing. What might make for a more daring project in some of the similar veins would be to tackle head-on the issue that is at the heart of much modern controversy though seldom directly recognized as such: the metaphysical contrast involving The Perennial Philosophy teamed with General Spirituality plus some allies versus Reductional Materialism teamed with Eliminative Materialism plus some allies.
This contrast can at times permeate and color the psychological motives of people of all faiths and nonfaiths and people of all walks of life. Sure, at some levels, Zen, Kabbalism, Sufism, and other esoteric traditions may transcend this very battle to envelop and go beyond both sides, yet some would contend that these processes are simply variations of the Perennial Philosphy.
This film can inspire viewers with heightened awareness of many of the key controversies about life versus nonlife, obliteration versus nonobliteration, reality versus nonreality, pluralism versus nonpluralism, duality versus nonduality, etc.
, much to its credit, yet in some major dimensions it does not incisively and daringly jump right into the middle of the frey.
This review of The Nature of Existence (2010) was written by Maurice B on 01 Sep 2010.
The Nature of Existence has generally received mixed reviews.
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