What is Concept Autopsies?
Poking at Concepts, Exposing the Illusory Core. 🔗All Concept Autopsies (reports)
Exposing the Illusory Core
What are Concept Autopsies?
This isn’t a gentle reinterpretation. Concept Autopsies are where cherished ideas, societal constructs, and even spiritual ‘truths’ are laid out on the operating table. First, we map their conventional anatomy – how they’re defined, understood, and why they hold such power. Then, the scalpel of radical nonduality gets to work. Each essay in this category is an extended, unflinching dissection, meticulously stripping away layers of assumption and belief to expose the conceptual bones and, ultimately, the illusory core of what we take for granted. These are not quick takes; they are deep, exhaustive investigations designed to unravel the very fabric of conditioned thought.
Radical nonduality doesn’t just question the answers; it interrogates the questions themselves, and the questioner. Concept Autopsies apply this relentless inquiry to the foundational ideas that shape our perceived reality, revealing them not as solid structures, but as elaborate constructs built on the phantom of a separate self.
Core Themes of Concept Autopsies
- Systematic Deconstruction: This is more than critique; it’s a methodical dismantling. We trace concepts to their roots, examine their internal logic (or lack thereof), and expose their dependence on unexamined premises.
- Unveiling Foundational Illusions: Many concepts stand only because the illusion of a separate, volitional self is presumed. These autopsies reveal how the collapse of that primary illusion brings down a cascade of dependent ideas.
- Radical Recontextualization: From the standpoint of nondual Reality, concepts often lose their solidity, their meaning, or are seen as mere appearances within a seamless whole. We explore this radical shift in perspective.
- Beyond Intellectual Gymnastics: While rigorous, the aim isn’t mere intellectual satisfaction. It’s to use the deconstruction of concepts as a pointer, clearing the way for a direct seeing of what remains when the conceptual overlays are removed.
- No Sacred Cows: From the mundane to the supposedly profound, any concept that props up the illusion of separation or offers a false refuge is subject to this rigorous examination. Nothing is too sacred to be questioned, nothing too ingrained to be dissected.
Deeper Dive into Concept Autopsies
The essays you’ll find here are substantial, ranging from 3,000 to 15,000 words. They are not light reading but are intended for those ready to look unflinchingly at the architecture of their own minds and the collective dream. Expect in-depth research, conventional definitions thoroughly explored, and then a relentless deconstruction through the nondual lens.
Foundational Pointers for This Inquiry
These questions are an invitation to begin your own conceptual autopsies:
- Take a deeply held belief: What assumptions does it rest upon? Can you find irrefutable proof for those assumptions outside of further concepts?
- Consider a common societal value: If there is no separate individual, who is this value for? What purpose does it truly serve?
- When a concept is ‘deconstructed,’ what is actually lost? Is it something real, or a mental image?
- Notice the feeling of resistance or attachment when a core concept is challenged. What is defending itself?
- What if the ‘truth’ of a concept is simply its utility within the dream, not its inherent reality?
