Is maths direct experience.

[Oppositionless]

TL:DR

Math helps you understand the manifest world , but not the unmanifest source.
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This is somewhat tangential, but have you noticed that when people argue for idealism it's usually to explain some of the parts of reality that materialism cant seem to explain? Such as consciousness , or remote viewing, or near death experiences, or the observer effect in quantum mechanics.

Those are all valid reasons to be an idealist but I think another equally valid reason is that idealism explains basic physics better than materialism . Physics doesn't really describe matter , it describes math, and math comes from mind .

 

 

 

 

 

 Math is a different kind of experience than sensation. It's internally generated. It can provide insight into the physical world, almost like reverse engineering how God constructs the world. But it can be a source of delusion too. Because reality and intelligibility are infinite , illusion is also infinite . There's a place for intellectual understanding, but peace and absolute truth are found in non coneptual being. If math can teach you about the Saguna Brahman , God with qualities, pure being can teach you about Nirguna Brahman, God without qualities.

Edited 3 hours ago by Oppositionless