Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite ~ 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐔𝐧𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠
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- Опубліковано 9 січ 2023
- A selection of verses taken from various texts from the works of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite.
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, (flourished c. 500), probably a Syrian monk who, known only by his pseudonym, wrote a series of Greek treatises and letters for the purpose of uniting Neoplatonic philosophy with Christian theology and mystical experience.
In the early sixth century, a series of writings of a mystical nature, known as the Corpus Areopagiticum or Corpus Dionysiacum was ascribed to the Areopagite. They have long been recognized as pseudepigrapha, and their author is now called "Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite". The author pseudepigraphically identifies himself in the corpus as "Dionysius", portraying himself as Dionysius the Areopagite, the Athenian convert of Paul the Apostle mentioned in Acts 17:34
According to Pseudo-Dionysius, God is better characterized and approached by negations than by affirmations. All names and theological representations must be negated. According to pseudo-Dionysius, when all names are negated, "divine silence, darkness, and unknowing" will follow.
The Dionysian corpus was absorbed into Greek and Eastern Christian theologies and also influenced mystics in the Western church, such as Meister Eckhart. Thomas Aquinas was among those who wrote commentaries on the works. There remains for the Christian reader no theologian or scholar quite as enigmatic as Pseudo-Dionysius.
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Unknowing, or agnosia, is not ignorance or absence of knowledge as ordinarily understood, but rather the realization that no finite knowledge can fully know the Infinite One, and that therefore this is only truly to be approached by agnosia, or by that which is beyond and above knowledge.
Knowledge obscures unknowing, and especially much knowledge.
We say then that the Cause of all, which is above all, is neither without being, nor without life---nor without reason, nor without mind, nor is a body----nor has shape----nor form----nor quality, or quantity, or bulk----nor is in a place----nor is seen----nor has sensible contact----nor perceives, nor is perceived, by the senses----nor has disorder and confusion, as being vexed by earthly passions,----nor is powerless, as being subject to casualties of sense,----nor is in need of light;----neither is It, nor has It, change, or decay, or division, or deprivation, or flux,----or any other of the objects of sense.
Therefore, in the diligent exercise of mystical contemplation, leave behind the senses and the operations of the intellect, and all things sensible and intellectual, and all things in the world of being and non-being, that you may arise by unknowing towards the union, as far as is attainable, with That which transcends all being and all knowledge. For by the unceasing and absolute renunciation of yourself and of all things, you may be born on high, through pure and entire self-abnegation, into the superessential radiance of the divine Darkness.
That divine Darkness is the unapproachable light in which God dwells. Into this Darkness, rendered invisible by its own excessive brilliance and unapproachable by the intensity of its transcendent flood of light, come to be all those who are worthy to know and to see God.
The higher we soar in contemplation, the more limited become our expressions of that which is purely intelligible; even as now, when plunging into the Darkness which is above the intellect, we pass not merely into brevity of speech, but even into absolute silence, of thoughts as well as of words ... and, according to the degree of transcendence, so our speech is restrained until, the entire ascent being accomplished, we become wholly voiceless, inasmuch as we are absorbed in That which is totally ineffable.
Emptied of all knowledge, one is joined in the highest part of themself, not with any created thing, nor with themself, nor with another, but with the One who is altogether unknowable; and in knowing nothing, one knows in a manner that surpasses understanding.
Entering the darkness that surpasses understanding, we shall find ourselves brought, not just to brevity of speech, but to perfect silence and unknowing.
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These words remove all fear of the unknowing.
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Thank you Samaneri! Yours is a bright light 🙏
Thank you Samaneri, in return, here are some words from the transcendent perfection of wisdom in 10,000 lines. "Then he asked, “Reverend Lord, what are all those things on which great bodhisattva beings25 should not be fixated?”
The Blessed One replied, “Śāradvatīputra, the expression ‘all things’ denotes the following: the five psycho-physical aggregates, the twelve sense fields, the eighteen sensory elements, the four noble truths, the twelve links of dependent origination, the four applications of mindfulness, the four correct exertions, the four supports for miraculous ability, the five faculties, the five powers, the seven branches of enlightenment, the noble eightfold path, the emptiness that is a gateway to liberation, the signlessness that is a gateway to liberation, the aspirationlessness that is a gateway to liberation, the four meditative concentrations, the four immeasurable aspirations, the four formless meditative absorptions, the eight aspects of liberation, the nine serial steps of meditative absorption, the nine contemplations of impurity, the ten recollections, the six aspects of perception, [F.3.b] the knowledge of phenomena, the subsequent knowledge, the knowledge of other minds, the knowledge of relative appearances, the knowledge of suffering, the knowledge of the origin of suffering, the knowledge of the cessation of suffering, the knowledge of the path, the knowledge of the extinction of contaminants, the knowledge that contaminants will not be regenerated, the knowledge that is definitive, and similarly, the meditative stability endowed with ideation and scrutiny, the meditative stability free from ideation and merely endowed with scrutiny, the meditative stability free from both ideation and scrutiny, the faculties that will enable knowledge of all that is unknown, the faculties that acquire the knowledge of all things, the faculties endowed with the knowledge of all things, the eight sense fields of mastery, the ten sense fields of total consummation, the eighteen aspects of emptiness, the ten powers of the tathāgatas, the four assurances, the four kinds of exact knowledge, great loving kindness, great compassion, the eighteen distinct qualities of the buddhas, and likewise, the understanding of all phenomena, the understanding of the aspects of the path, the understanding of omniscience, the six transcendent perfections, the five extrasensory powers,26 the five eyes, the thirty-two major marks of a superior man, and the eighty excellent minor marks.27 All these are the things on which great bodhisattva beings should not be fixated. One who is without fixation perfects the transcendent perfection of wisdom and will also swiftly attain manifestly perfect buddhahood in unsurpassed and genuinely perfect enlightenment.”"
Unknown, unpredictable black pause of before mind starts values a thought, kind of intellectual unborn heaven for emptiness and end.
"Born in a washing machine." Ha ha ha . . . your name hit my funny bone. Thanks. 😂
This is very comforting. The End of the Road.
Beautiful! Remember me of Krishnamurti with his "with complete negation comes the positive"
Oh. Oh. ah.h...This, only THIS...,helps my sanity. Thank you for your time, help and patience
Thank you dear Sisters for this Dionysian audio.
I so appreciate this channel and your readings
"...into the superessential radiance of Divine Darkness." 👌🤩🙌✨
This ecoes inside as Priceless wisdom. Thank you Samaneri. And thank you for always sharing these things with your so special soothing voice
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Thank You for this sharing, a beautifully delivered pointing filled with truth and compassion!
Love the quiet spaces within the script.
How wonderful ~ all I knew about PD was his authorship of the hierarchy of angels.
This is beautiful ~ sending extra angels to everyone since they clamor to be called.
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The anonymous author of the "Cloud of Unkowning" also makes mention of Pseudo Dionysius
You are The Voice of The Absolute Truth come to awaken those wandering in Samsara. Thank you most precious Primordially Aware One for aiding in the evolution of the Remembering Process of the Primordially Aware nature “we” illusory Sentient Beings are in our truest nature.
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Neither is nor is not
As Haung Po, asked how can the unborn be born
I am
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