31.10.09
Vivekananda’s evolutionary myth
Vivekananda’s view of evolution doesn’t seem to amount to much, I may be unfair, but his suggestion that Samkhya might help explicate some part of it is of value, save that in its current form Samkhya is not likely to be of much use.
Here again, Bennett’s effort is of interest, but his thesis is so embroidered with crap that nothing can be made from it. His hybrid approach at least suggests that conventional science should set up the foundation. But this approach fails with the explication of consciousness, or the two forms of it, if we credit the yogis (consciousness, self-consciousness) and/or Bennett (sensitivity consciousness and cosmic consciousness).
I am left non-plussed by Bennett’s daring suggestion that (cosmic) consciousness (as oppose to sensitivity-consciousness/life energy) is something that represents a turning point in evolution: man ‘evolving’ mind is going through a transition as drastic as that of the origin of life.
Since we have no way to test all these issues all we can do is stand back and try to wait on some real science here. Something neither Darwinists nor New Agers can provide.