Introduction
The Eastern hemisphere has been associated with the risky Eurocentric religions for the longest time. James Sire, the author of the universe next door, exposes his audience to the concepts of religions and the history of such Eurocentric faiths. According to Sire, all religions originating from Southeast, East, and South Asia are categorized as eastern religions. Buddhism, Sikhism, Hinduism, and Confucianism include some historical Eurocentric faith classified under eastern religions. Analyzing the eastern view of the history of religion exposes learners to the position of understanding Sire’s arguments in his book. Synthesizing the previews of students’ regarding the connections between pantheistic monism and its teaching about the world exposes the population to evaluate its worldviews.
Pantheistic Monism
The phenomenon of pantheistic monism is an exciting piece of narration that highlights Sire’s assumptions about the world. Pantheistic monism views the world based on personality traits; Daniel (2021) supports the philosophy by stressing that God is the only creature beyond personality comparison. The teachings of pantheistic monism revolve around the non-dual unity of God and humans; just like God, human beings are viewed beyond their personalities. Monists believe in the presence of one Being; Sire (2009) argued that everything seen in the world today is attributed to God’s oneness. Moreover, the phenomenon of pantheistic monism sees all other forms of realities either as appearances or modes. In such cases, Sire demonstrates his understanding of the world and its happenings as nature. Primarily, the pantheists focus on the prime realities, nature, and judgment as either good or evil.
Human Nature and Spirituality
Numerous questions have been raised regarding the connections between human nature and its “spiritual” components. In chapter 7, Sire asks his audience to note learners’ abilities in explaining their semblance of the spiritual elements of human nature. Sire (2009) guided innovative psychology researchers on the connections between human nature and its resemblance to spirituality. According to the study, human spirit longs for some semblance of the “spiritual’ element that guides and makes people understand themselves. If there were no associations between human nature and the sense of spiritual components of the body, then human beings could not be in the position to know what is right and wrong (Kavalski, 2018). Similarly, the accuracy of what makes people right using the human behavior map convinces Sire’s readers of the presence of a spiritual element in their surroundings.
Closed system and monism worldviews fit together. On the one hand, monism holds that a single variable dictates and determines what happens in a given domain. On the other hand, a “closed system” restrains individuals from identifying the associations between a target group and other systems surrounding their environments (Clarke, 2019). Monism corresponds to the closed system worldview theory because it prevents individuals from seeing the significance of networked bonding and connected relationships.
Conclusion
The belief that the universe was conceived from the combination of laws, substances, and forces enables pantheists to trust the doctrine of eastern religions. The oneness of God also impacts the faith of pantheists on the overview of the world. Pantheistic monism supports the presence of a spiritual component of the body. Human nature and the actions that rule the instincts of evil and good lean on the theory’s ideologies. Reasoning beyond the oneness of God showcases the relationships between a closed system worldview and monism.
References
Clarke, T. (2019). Parmenides’ argument for monism.Aristotle and the Eleatic One, 76-102. Oxford University Press. Web.
Daniel, S. H. (2021). Berkeley’s pantheistic discourse.George Berkeley and Early Modern Philosophy. Oxford University Press. Web.
Kavalski, E. (2018). Normative power beyond the eurocentric frame.Oxford Bibliographies Online Datasets. Oxford University Press. Web.
Sire, J. W. (2009). The Universe Next Door: A basic worldview catalog (5th ed.). InterVarsity Press. ISBN 978-0-8308-7742-3