Philosophical Speculations

Do you think it would be a fair summary to say that outside of a fairly restricted set of phenomena, horizontal propositional reasoning is very limited. In the realm of the moral in particular, horizontal and vertical reasoning is required to plumb an expansive meaning of phenomena. Let's first kee...

As I've said, as an evangelical Christian I was disappointed by prayer. In the end it was like mouthing words into the wind. What interest do the higher spiritual forces have with the affairs of men? How would I know? The question secretly implies quite atomic relationship between men and higher be...

As I was reading Ashvin's post, the following visualization came up: https://i.ibb.co/sj1N9m9/image.png The face represents our inner being which in our age is practically unknown (I'm not speaking of the conception we have about ourselves). Our inner spiritual core expresses itself in thoughts. The...

Once upon a time there was a very large motor-car called the Universe. Although there was nobody who wasn't on board, nobody knew how it worked or how to work it, and in course of time two very different problems occupied the attention of two different groups of passengers. The first group became i...

Thanks for your responses. You paint a suggestive relationship with this "other half-plane of reality" or "higher consciousness", but what does that look like? Our "other half-plane of reality", hallowed by thy name?? In the name of "other half-plane of reality&qu...

Rupert Spira keeps things simple and within daily experience: https://youtu.be/HNCKMOLediw A brief 2 minute starting point Thanks Lorenzo. RS actually does a very good job to approach the mood of prayer in this way. The question is, are we going to stop there? Are we going to rest satisfied as soon...

Ashvin, Who or what are you advocating to prayer to? What form does this prayer take - petition, praise, thanksgiving? I must admit that given my evangelical church background, the thought of prayer leaves me cold. A substantial part of my deconversion surrounded my increasing conviction that praye...

Soul_of_Shu wrote: ↑Thu Mar 24, 2022 12:11 am Just a test to see if posts are getting through ... Or have the ET tricksters jammed the forum traffic?

Comm's just fine. I guess the "What is alter?" topic has been finally exhausted and no one cares to go further

For example, logical confidence and conclusiveness will often be mistaken for "dogma" or "ideology", but it's precisely the opposite. We object to the force of ideological possession because it has rejected the utility of human logical reasoning. We say, "X simply cannot be...

... Thank you Asvhin! Another great picture pinpointing the tasks waiting to be tackled by humanity... if we wake up to this fact. As I was reading I couldn't help but feel how these things are rejected out of hand today. It's quite obvious, based on the (in)activity lately here in the forum, consi...