Jnana yoga

Another perspective on rational reconstruction ... jnana yoga.

I have always been much interested in religions. One of my favorites, intellectually, is the Hindu path called jnana yoga ... the way to god through knowledge. I would describe this path as the way to god through intellectual dettachment, where the 'higher order' brain processes try to stay outside (and 'look down in on') the being 'me' moving through the world. Perhaps ... one thinks of oneself like Tolstoy views his "War and Peace" characters, little boats of consciouness amid oceans of forces at play (albeit without the 'benevolent' one overseeing the outplaying).

If one looks down in on one's animal and physical being from somewhere else, then one too is involved in Lila from the gods' vantage point. (If one has to be involved in Lila, the gods' vantage is the one one wants.)

Now, what actual type and degree of dettachment one can get within the Jnana yoga system i do not care to debate at the moment, though my inclination is to say 'not much'. However, across the gap of time from where one really does gain perspective as-if one were, in some ways, looking back at someone else's life, not there own ... the idea makes sense to me there ... and that is the tie between Jnana yoga and rational reconstruction ... an attempt to get a better perspective of what you are in relation to the forces at play in the world, whatever those may be ... in order to from there move forward.

Move forward?
"Further!"

But that is another topic.