Philosophical Speculations

in Sanskrit the word for intellect (buddhi) is used differently than how we use the word in the West, buddhi is not a conscious activity. Atman: It's who we are, not who we think we are. Right, this is the state of samadhi, which is not active but steady, but it is still a state of the intellect. A...

Yes, but we also have to see how the future is moving in a radically different direction in which these mental crutches become increasingly useless for cultural progress, and often harmful, even for technological purposes. We can say these crutches gave our infant CA a way to interact with the curv...

I'm sure Cleric can respond with more helpful elaborations, but I will only say that we are externalizing thinking (CA) as long we keep looking for some other 'mathematical or algorithmic structure' that should be responsible for shaping sensory experience, besides our own CA. We have to experience...

This is why Cleric says DH's approach is so susceptible to the TM fallacy. In the video, it is said that DH understands the fabric of space-time as 'derivative from the perspective of the CA hierarchy interactions' (around 38 min). What this means is that the space-time fabric is felt to be derivat...

Right, and if you actually read the latest DH paper or listen his lates interviews, he was able to break through this atomism and show mathematically how the interference of lower-level CAs leads to their fusion into higher-level CAs, or as he calls it, "nested hierarchy of conscious agents&qu...

We could never become free spiritual beings if the Celestial Music continued to inspire the imaginative activity of the Bachs of its own accord. That is why the inverted activity such as concentration/prayer has become necessary - it allows us to continue receiving that higher inspiration while als...

Years ago when I first found DH's work I was very enthusiastic about it because it really was the first of that kind that I had seen. However, even though it stimulates the imagination, I think that it still formulates things in such a way that it is greatly susceptible to 'spiritual atomism' (wher...

Eugene, What is your perspective on the link between the higher CA states and our ability to address various problems that plague humanity, such as intractable medical issues briefly mentioned above? Have you also discerned that civilization will only be able to address these medical issues through...

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...