Jim Blair's New Beliefs & Transcendental Realism

Part One:

Jim Blair's New Beliefs

One of the men who is sometimes known as "Jim Blair" created this page. The man who created this page is also known as "M.J. Blair" and a number of other names. This person believes practicing Buddhism while respecting infinite dimensions of relationships between various philosophies, religions, sciences, and arts can provide a person with energy, wisdom, and balance. He also considers this statement to be in some ways realistic and in other ways illusory.

--typed January 26th, 2007

Part Two:

Transcendental Realism

What if anything that anyone believes is in some way real and in some way illusion?

If people experience something and it corresponds with what they believe, then within this context would you agree that their belief is "real"?
If in another context beyond that one there is a realm where a possible experience contradicts what they believe, then within this context would you agree that their belief is "illusion"?
If this approach is multiplied by itself, could there be some things that are in some way considered "real across all realms" or "illusion across all realms"?

These perspectives may be called a philosophy of Transcendental Realism, or they may be considered part of Buddhism, or they may be considered part of Taoism. May these perspectives be considered parts of other philosophies or religions?

--typed December 29th, 2006

Click here for a related web page.

--typed December 29th, 2006

Imagine that someone has experienced witnessing horses and rhinoceroses live and in person, yet that someone has not experienced unicorns live and in person. Nevertheless, this someone has experienced unicorns in movies and artwork. Someone meeting these conditions could recognize the unicorns as being real in realms of his or her imagination, yet unknown with respect to experiences live and in person. These display part of the extent of experiencing reality and part of the limitations of experiencing reality. How do you think this compares with your experiences, the extent of your knowledge of reality, and the limitations of your knowledge of reality?

--typed January 6th, 2007

Click here for a brief Museum of Beliefs web page.

--typed September 22nd, 2007