Philosophical Speculations

Now . . .what about the 'rest of the finite world'? our appreciation of other finite minds, trees, bees, etc. This is when Vedanta and etc. refer to "Thou art That, and All This is nothing but That" As one gains increasing familiarity with Cosmic Consciousness, CC begins to pervade thinki...

OK I see what you are getting at with 'blurry' - it's a weird word to use here but I get now what is being referred to. I also don't use the word 'Alter' (BK's word) . . . I prefer 'finite mind' to differentiate is from MAL (another term from BK I don't use). So, we can use the expression 'Cosmic Co...

I have not suggested that 'the contents of experience are of no value', I have not suggested banishing or dropping experiences of the world or dropping consciousness - - I have suggested the value of adding unboundedness of Being to life. Adding the Unboundedness of Being is the source of freedom a...

I have not suggested that 'the contents of experience are of no value', I have not suggested banishing or dropping experiences of the world or dropping consciousness - - I have suggested the value of adding unboundedness of Being to life. Adding the Unboundedness of Being is the source of freedom an...

Your paraphrasing\rephrasing of my POV is baffling and can't respond to that . . . not sure what you are referring to re 'uncreated' or 'losing consciousness' or 'dropping consciousness' . . . I have not used these phrases . . . 'dropping consciousness' is not desirable. Re 'astral vision' and wheth...

In the latter link above - you refer to astral vision . . . are you suggesting that abilities (ie astral vision) are baked into self? By 'baked into self', I mean part of our essence and identity, who we are. By 'baked into self'. I mean astral vision (and perhaps other abilities) is not a sensation...

Imagine a person sitting on a couch in a dark room and holding a tablet. He sees only the screen and instinctively touches it, navigating through apps, the internet, etc. The person says: "These movements on the screen just appear. There's no force that I can know, which is responsible for the...

Clearly, there are people who are much less awake, present, etc. within the flow of experience than others. All of these things exist on a gradient. It is quite possible that an infant never fully awakens to its life as the coherent center of be-ing that most of us take for granted (so much so that...

What you are referring to as 'states of consciousness' is CA that has been learned instinctively . The reasoning here is similar to a mathematical virtuoso who can simply do calculations 'in his sleep' saying, "There is no conscious activity here, I don't need to invoke anything, mathematical ...

'speak to the forms' I mean they don't address the existence of immortal ideas and forms (ie Platonic Ideas) Obviously they speak to other people, saints, animals, etc For myself, I don't believe these immortal forms exist except as an artifact of a culture or religion. For example, a mass of folks...