Philosophical Speculations

To Cleric and Ashvin: As I read Cleric's last reply to Lorenzo, as well as Ashvin's last reply to Anthony, it strucks me that the entire series of countless attempts, a series that tends to infinity to the naked eye, has an unbroken history of falling on deaf ears, and to this day it continues to f...

Initially I didn't get how an individual with Multiple Personality Disorder applied to anything I've said re Samadhi, Pure Consciousness. I see now what you are trying to do. Yes, my 'inner activity' has something in common with other human beings, other gentlemen who play guitar, other creatures wi...

It's clear we don't communicate together very well - not sure how you came to the conclusion you did . . . Lorenzo, I'll try to make the whole situation very clear. We can use Bernardo's metaphor. Imagine a person with a dissociative disorder. Two personalities alternate. They don't know anything a...

It's clear we don't communicate together very well - not sure how you came to the conclusion you did . . .

I think everyone on the planet would agree there is no explanation equivalent to any experience. There are no set of words that can invoke the taste of a strawberry, or the 'taste of samadhi'. Various flavors of Idealism and Physicalism offer approximate explanations for consciousness experiences. I...

Samadhi may be explainable or compatible with Physicalism, that's OK, Physicalism is not evil . . . if someone can explain Samadhi to a Physicalist in their terms - all the better. This explains a lot. You say we are redefining 'spiritual', that it can't be understood what is meant by 'spiritual', ...

Enough with this mood, Lorenzo. Cleric is dealing way too kindly with such mesmerized thoughts. You, and everyone else allowing these wracked thoughts into their souls, are putting your soul at risk of being torn apart. As a metaphor, think about the torture of being ripped apart by horses (and I s...

I've never claimed that Samadhi is the highest state of consciousness, the Upanishads regard it as the 4th state of consciousness out of 6-8 human states of consciousness, depending on who's counting. Samadhi is often regarded as the great 'purifier' - it's role and value is as purifier of mind, hea...

Here and in your writings you are using the term 'soul' as the ever evolving process of inner activity, thinking and feeling. In the 'East' or 'Perennial Philosophy', the soul is named or referred to as the Separate Self. The Separate Self or Soul is not an entity that has will, thinks and feels, t...

What about the noun/verb comparison for the soul/spirit distinction? Think about the wind blowing ripples across the surface of the water, where 'you' are merged with the water. We have to use our imagination a little bit here. Some invisible activity blows patterns of ripples and you experience th...