Sifu Lee on East vs West



Sifu Freddie Lee

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2 Responses to “Sifu Lee on East vs West”

  1. Interesting article. I notice an identification “we” in the east versus “they” in the west. Ayn Rand would suggest that there is no collective achievement, only a collective of individuals. “The West” is not an entity and it would stunt enlightenment to anthropomorphise (sp?) an idea such as this. Integral philosophers (as well as Buddhists – typically “eastern” if you wish) would say that there is only one self. That I am you and you are me. There is only one consciousness and you and I are it. We are I. I am.

    So, the journey to wholeness and enlightenment must include the shedding of identification with such distinctions and finite objects such as East and West.

    Ethnocentrism is a stage of development everyone goes through, but it must be transcended.

    East versus west. There is no versus; there is only self.

  2. I noticed the “we” connection as well. But this aside, I feel that this topic has less to do with location then it does with “being a product of your environment.” The human mind-body grows based on the challenges it faces, the influences that surround it, and (if intelligent enough) an eye towards the future and what is expected of him/her to survive and/or succeed in the world.

    Their can easily be the counter-arguement that the constantly moving, changing, shifting mind (over the calm, directed “Eastern” mind) might be of benefit in these modern, capitalistic society.

    Just something to think about.

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