The three mistakes you list-- trying to squeeze ultimate unity into a religious structure that doesn't contain it, trying to squeeze ultimate unity into an anthropocentric reduction that doesn't contain it, and not being sufficiently versed in esoteric thought to recognize ultimate unity when one sees it-- are surely just three of many, but represent worthwhile cautionary examples in missing the point. If there exists a fourth translator who accords with your perspective, surely that's good enough to get on with!
As many a jazz musician or Japanese learners can tell you from personal experience (to use two examples central to my own life yet which I can't make claims to completely get), just because you spend years studying something doesn't mean you Get It. Some things can't be Gotten except in their own time, if the fates allow. Particularly when the insights at the center are no less than the Meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything!
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Date: 2023-03-02 03:31 pm (UTC)As many a jazz musician or Japanese learners can tell you from personal experience (to use two examples central to my own life yet which I can't make claims to completely get), just because you spend years studying something doesn't mean you Get It. Some things can't be Gotten except in their own time, if the fates allow. Particularly when the insights at the center are no less than the Meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything!