Philosophical Speculations

I think there is a chance. Also the essays you shared walk the reader there. And some readers can feel that something crucial is missed in the jump from the initial phenomenological inquiry into pure awareness. And that the gap can't be patched by a hologram of mystical wisdom. I've posted this as ...

(...) Woah, that was a lot! But I believe it's appropriate, and will not be misunderstood - though I've had a second of hesitation for the word "astral" for "soul" :) In parallel, there is Part V , where much of what you point out is also elaborated well, but the last crucial co...

Here are the latest posts: Marco: Right. Mind is in its nature an active faculty, but it works best when receiving the suggestion from above. And one should not confuse silence with passivity. The activity of consciousness is best in the silence of the mind (with “mind” I mean the analytic, rational...

Yes.... but at the same time it's good that there seems to be a genuine question and interest. I'm sure you'll find the right response. Very true. Here is the response: *** Thanks for checking out the essays! It may also be helpful to keep the following response in mind when working through them. W...

Brilliant! You have nailed the balance between resonating with Marco's points and complementing them with the appropriate adjacents thoughts. And thank you for bringing Cleric's essays to Substack, that's a masterstroke! :D Thanks for the feedback! Well, he said he would take a look at them, but......

Oh :) Glad there is something of interest to you in this and thanks for taking it to the comment section. Large question, difficult to answer in short, and perhaps the "multi-perspectival vision" in the reply, "a completely new way of seeing comprehensively/integrally that does not n...

Who or what is the Lord in your polytheistic universe? As a sort of quick and dirty phenomenological approach to this question, one could start by experiencing their current linear sequence of thoughts. For ex. right now I have thoughts condensing related to 'how to phenomenologically illustrate th...

Oh :) Glad there is something of interest to you in this and thanks for taking it to the comment section. Large question, difficult to answer in short, and perhaps the "multi-perspectival vision" in the reply, "a completely new way of seeing comprehensively/integrally that does not n...

Since the following thought has just come to me in a roundabout way (not from the daily thoughts) I'll share it here :) Bless, thank, consecrate: a rule of life "Do you want to make your life ever richer and more beautiful? Bless every creature you encounter, every object you touch. Thank the ...

On the question of understanding what life is, I would like to signal the work of physicist Marco Masi - curiosuly, he is registered as member of this forum - that seems to have much in common with the vision Cleric has delineated in this thread, commenting on the work of Michael Levin. Thanks for ...