The Healing Garden has a very unique approach to Studying Philosophy. We only teach Plato. The Reason for this is detailed below, but, in essence, with Philosophy, if you are not doing your own Thinking, if you are copying the thoughts of other Philosophers who came before you, then you have missed the entire POINT of Philosophy.
There is no Parroting here.
In Philosophy, as you Progress through The Asha Journey, you will have the exact same epiphanies as the Masters. But you will HAVE the EPIPHANIES. I remember the day I discovered The Cartesian Coordinate System — having no idea who Renes Descartes was — and Fleming’s Left Hand Law… Coriolus Force — I discovered these.
I discovered Tesla’s work… and then discovered Tesla. I discovered and solved Tesla’s 3-6-9 Theory after I completed The Philosopher’s Compass, which Pythagoras had started and never finished. I too discovered Pythagoras after I completed The Philosopher’s Compass, which required The 12 Ethical Perspective Stages to Complete.
I remembered when my Discoveries stopped “repeating” Masters before me and I finally passed them.
I remembered when I started to find Logical Fallacy in Plato, Socrates, and in Einstein. It was the day I realized I had surpassed my Master. That was the day I finally felt I could call myself a Master Philosopher.
That is what I dream for you. Pass me. It would be my greatest achievement. To have my Students surpass me. It means, I have done right by you.
The point is, “The Discoveries of the Masters” are the “Milestones” of Ethical Knowledge and Wisdom that a Master Teacher should be “checking” off to monitor your Progress through Your Asha Journey.
And that is what we teach you here, my beautiful Pilgrim. Let your Journey Begin.
About The Healing Garden’s Philosophical Teaching Philosophy
ONLY The Ancient Greek Philosophers teach you HOW and WHY you need to do Philosophy. After Rome destroyed the Philosophy Schools in Athens in the 1st Century BCE, Philosophy changed from “HOW” to do Philosophy and “The Practice of Philosophy” to “Who thought what.”
In True Ancient Greek Philosophy, — As Pythagoras and Plato intended it to be — you are only doing Philosophy if YOU are the one THINKING up your OWN thoughts and ideas (<– Greek Education) and not memorizing the Thoughts and Ideas of Others (<– Roman Education).
Can you guess which Educational System you were taught?
From 14th Century and on, Philosophy becomes “All About The Philosopher — Not YOU.” and not at all about “The Practice of Philosophy And You.”
Ancient Greek Philosophy — True Philosophy — is ABOUT The Philosophy Student.
All other Philosophy is about “The Ancient Philosophers, what they thought, and who you agree with” and also, “How to be an obedient Parrot : Step #1 – Don’t Think on your own too much or at all!” which contradicts Philosophy.
It is now about “Who thought what and when” and is no longer about what YOU think. Which is why we haven’t had any new Philosophers since Ayn Rand. I do count Douglas Adams as a Philosopher.
For this reason, The Healing Garden ONLY permits the Study of Pythagoras and Plato who taught HOW to do Philosophy. Aristotle is my Peer. I never studied him. We both studied from Plato. And Plato gave me everything I needed. After you study Plato, you’re supposed to DO all the 18 Academic Disciplines in order.
So it goes : Music Theory +> Geometry +> Physics +> Plato +> Logic +> Existentialism +> [The Great Books + The 18 Academic Disciplines In Sequential Order]. That is it.
I copy Plato’s Teachings, which were passed down from Pythagoras to Plato. Plato refined Pythagoras’ School.
Based on all current Archeological Evidence, Socrates did not exist. Plato used Socrates in Story to Teach, which is a technique I use. We do not know if Socrates did exist or not. If he did, Socrates wrote nothing that we know of. I am open to any Archeological Evidence that may surface.