@nerthos @anemone this is true for the Supreme Lord who is above dharma and adharma and all human laws and proscriptions, but the devas follow dharma like the dharma humans are meant to follow or they wouldnt be devas.

[georgia@netzsphaere.xyz]

@nerthos @anemone this is true for the Supreme Lord who is above dharma and adharma and all human laws and proscriptions, but the devas follow dharma like the dharma humans are meant to follow or they wouldnt be devas. manifestations of the divine, devas or amsas/kalas, that appear fearsome or disgusting are actually quite beautiful and benign to the eye and heart of a yogi.

[lizzie@brain.worm.pink]

@georgia @anemone @nerthos this reads like hindu scotism to me

[georgia@netzsphaere.xyz]

@lizzie @anemone @nerthos what that mean

[lizzie@brain.worm.pink]

@georgia @anemone @nerthos duns scotus emphasized God’s libertarian free will

he actually went so far as to say that God create a world contrary to His nature

[lizzie@brain.worm.pink]

@georgia @anemone @nerthos but i have a wikipedia-level understanding of scotus at best

[lizzie@brain.worm.pink]

@georgia @anemone @nerthos imo dharma is itself divine

[lizzie@brain.worm.pink]

@anemone @georgia @nerthos honestly crazy that scotus is one of the most important western theologians and also the word dunce comes from his first name. i have no idea why

[lizzie@brain.worm.pink]

@anemone @georgia @nerthos hmmmmmmmmmmm ig in a maximian framing dharma is closer to nature and nature is complementary to divinity but not itself divine. i dont really understand nature in his thinking though i gotta think about this