Tuesday 29 January 2008

UNTANGLING THE KNOT OF THE COSMOS 2


Roto Ninte, in turn, responded to the cosmogonic focus of many Adinkrahene by arguing that their ideas were inspiring but she wondered if Adinkra were not just as relevant for perspectives on the world which are not dependent on conceptions of Ultimate Reality. In her view,apart from some mystics who claim to have experienced ultimate reality,notions of ultimate reality are fundamentally speculative rather than experiential,and ,for many,of little or no practical value. Inspiring, yes, but largely speculative nevertheless.

Why not use Adinkra as a means of reflecting on conceptions of the universe which can be more readily explored, and their validity or lack of same verified, as with the claims of modern science? And even when the claims are speculative, as in contemporary claims about the unifying forms of matter, such as supersymmetry, with the necessary knowledge and persistence one can follow the arguments developed and assess their cognitive validity.

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