Philosophical Speculations

Federica, I think you are correct, it is better to delay any explicit references that could be taken in a religious way as much as possible. I only decided to bring it up once it was clear that he would not engage in the phenomenological considerations of spiritual activity, but would continue thin...

Meanwhile, because of this inner discrepancy that leads to lack of spiritual insight and pride, purely physical 'countermeasures' are envisioned as the best way to deal with environmental problems. Instead of harmonizing our soul rhythms with the Earthly and Cosmic rhythms, truly submitting our sou...

In the first lines of this older post on the Redemption of Thinking, ML recommends two short documents with exercises implicit in PoF, chapter by chapter. One is for individuals, the other for individuals and groups, by Timothy Nadelle. The documents are freely downloadable: https://anthroposophy.ca...

Yeah, I think that's correct and we have already encountered it a few times here, and I have encountered a few such minds on Discord as well. It is a real catch-22, because the failure to notice the discrepancy between the content of their thoughts and what is inherent in their own thinking quest i...

MM: "Dear Federica, as I already said, I don’t think it is constructive to establish whether this or that Avatar stood apart. Whatever the truth, I feel there are much more urgent issues that nowadays need to be addressed if humankind wants to progress. So, forgive me if I don't comment furthe...

OK - I added: Marco, it seems to me that there is tension between an eminently evolutionary perspective on the one hand, and a feel-good decree of spiritual par conditio on the other. I apologize if this sounds ironic, I am just trying to be as clear as I can in a few words. Every Avatar paved the w...

Ashvin, are you going to reply to MMs latest? I am drafting a reply but may post it tomorrow. Probably a final post to close the discussion, assuming he doesn't suddenly take an interest in the higher cognitive path :) Did you want to suggest something? Just that I think I see where his stance come...

Ashvin, are you going to reply to MMs latest?

About thinking in Aurobindo, there's this passage in Life Divine, from p. 322. I haven't inquired more about Overmind Consciousness, however it seems clear it goes well beyond the subjective witness in silent awareness: ...we do not freely determine our thinking according to the truth of things, it ...

In connection with this point at page 10 of the Cell Intelligence thread, where it is question of the spiritual path proposed by Sri Aurobindo, I thought I would try to render a passage from Scaligero's " From Yoga to the Rose Cross " in which he shared his understanding of Aurobindo. My i...