Philosophical Speculations

You don't seem to understand that "you" are not doing the thinking. "I" is the solar dragon that lives in the Manipura chakra and becomes adorned with fantasies of Mercury and crowns himself a king (and is a rather well known archetype along with his angry associates). Look at y...

You don't seem to understand that "you" are not doing the thinking. "I" is the solar dragon that lives in the Manipura chakra and becomes adorned with fantasies of Mercury and crowns himself a king (and is a rather well known archetype along with his angry associates). Look at y...

You don't seem to understand that "you" are not doing the thinking. "I" is the solar dragon that lives in the Manipura chakra and becomes adorned with fantasies of Mercury and crowns himself a king (and is a rather well known archetype along with his angry associates). Look at yo...

I'm glad you are still following along, Anthony! Does anyone notice a trend here? The people gaining insights with the intuitive thinking path (Federica and Anthony), slowly or quickly as the case may be, but always through their own active efforts, increasingly locate the obstacles to further prog...

Occasionally newcomers pop in just as I did, with a BK question, then they get quickly scared off by the Steinerian vibes , and never recover. Sometimes oldies throw in a reflection, either randomly, or in the spirit of ‘while we’re at it, why not post it on that forum too’. They also usually becom...

So, Everything that is generated according to GOD's pattern which donates life and meaning and which is meant to be beheld is "pointless and meaningless" (no free will) but transient, contingent and finite human interference (free will) can make it "meaningful and valuable" ? Is ...

Yes but, in reality, we are always asking the question from a relational perspective. For us, a plant organism does not appear self-aware in the manner you describe i.e. human consciousness. From the plant organism perspective, we cannot really say unless if we have experienced that perspective. Si...

It is instinctively and intuitively aware of what it likes and doesn't like - so naturally moves towards the light of its desires. As Czincar says, it cannot be self-reflective (metacognitive) because it has nothing outside itself to reflect about. How can M@L "like" or "dislike"...

It would need to be already conscious that it's not conscious before dissociation and hence meta-cognitive. It is instinctively and intuitively aware of what it likes and doesn't like - so naturally moves towards the light of its desires. As Czincar says, it cannot be self-reflective (metacognitive...

For me, the argument that M@L dissociates in order to know itself doesn't make much sense. It would need to be already conscious that it's not conscious before dissociation and hence meta-cognitive.