Philosophical Speculations

It seems to me that you are able to maintain the character of simplicity in this part, even as things become more challenging to convey! Approaching the point of contact between flows from the side of the intellect feels complementary to the treatment from the perspective of meditation, and ...

As part of an attempt to create an appropriate Easter mood, I am reading a small book by Dennis, called “Alchemy of the Holy Week”. It is in fact a workshop transcription, and it’s equally available online . As it seems to me, Dennis does a great job at bringing to life the meaning of the Holy Week, ...

Thanks for the clarifications! I’m glad the volume control is not so important. It occurred to me that this fine-grained 'volume control' aspect could also be illustrated with another exercise, like what we discussed before with tracing the circle (or turning the wheel) in ever-smaller increments. ...

First, we can no longer separate the usage of the mini-map from the process of map-making . In a way, every map is already obsolete by the moment it is printed. It represents a past snapshot that no longer reflects new changes. Many of us have used GPS navigation only to find ourselves in road ...

Thank you for sharing this essay, Ashvin. It feels indeed complementary to the Game Loop angle, with its thought-provoking yet approachable idea of continuity between flows through the workings of intuition. https://i.ibb.co/GfxLVRkS/chessboard-section.png Yet the primary game is still unfolding ...

When we expand into the deeper cognitive spectrum, on the other hand, we cannot help but encounter Christ, and what he brought into Earthly evolution (beginning in the West), as the central 'gravity well' around which all such beings revolve. A related quote from the Fifth Gospel: "For particularly ...

Here, I would say, is the most concerning trajectory for Anthroposophy if it takes hold - https://open.substack.com/pub/pleromaunderground/p/anthroposophy-reborn-the-pagan-emergence?r=rlafh&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web It is particularly concerning because it is so well articulated and argued ...

About the volume: maybe using that term has been misleading. For example, if we scream in our inner voice, one might expect that our spiritual ear should hurt. In fact, whether we shout or whisper, the perceived mental loudness doesn't vary so much. Similarly, even when we try to imagine/remember ...

Thank you for this part in particular, Cleric, the densest and most precisely articulated meditation guide, full of apprehensible pitch angles. One thing that loosely permeates the experience of trying to rethink the thoughts and exercises, is a kind of absurdity of the situation: very few are ...

So let's say it was a coincidence, and I will begin to omit or sugarcoat things with you, since this is what you ask for. Yes - omit, sugarcoat, or whatever else you want to call it - I think it will serve as a great inner exercise! It's the path of least resistance, and it's quite easy. I do it ...