Philosophical Speculations

In the spirit of ‘reaching across the aisle’ I’ve considered naming samadhi\pure consciousness a specific manner of thinking, even though it’s traditionally described as non-thinking. We’ve all experienced thinking gross or crude thoughts (gross and crude not in content but mechanics, and we’ve expe...

I must be missing something - I fail to see how thinking, a local and finite activity, no matter how exalted, can directly invoke or be equivalent to a Oneness, or Intuitive Whole. Can a thought convey unboundedness\Infinity\Freedom? And if this is possible, to invoke a thought as Ideal Principle or...

Lorenzo, I know this post by Ashvin was particularly appealing to you because of its one-paragraph format, however it would be great if you could also read the last one from Cleric, which was explicitly written to your attention and benefit. Please… it's still a reasonable length. Don't you think i...

Great! Then I imagine the next time we hear from you, after you have digested the material on this forum at your own pace, it won't be another video link to nondual awakening, which we have all agreed traps us at the threshold of true Self-lucidity, or commiseration about the past history of the fo...

I see how you see it in that way. But this is only another example of the Toruk Makto fallacy. In your mind there are two things: the state of the inexplicable potential of (non-)experience, and the infinite variety of mere thought-fragments (and all other conscious contents) - the manifested poten...

Cleric - Your lumber metaphor and use is the exact definition of 'cultish' - odd that you can't see it. You're suggesting that you (and Ashwin) see and speak of wood in the only correct and reasonable manner. A more useful metaphor would be that you and Ashwin see wood as a Sentient Being, and the S...

Lorenzo, please take note: in my message, I stated: 1. verifiable facts 2. my opinion that the lack of expressed engagement with the object of Cleric's and Ashvin's "countless" posts - that is, living thinking - signals that one is not interested in living thinking, when this goes on for ...

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 . . .