Philosophical Speculations

Cleric, I have not said I find SS unconvincing, at least in its core ideas. Rather I am yet to be convinced of attempts to connect it to Christianity as broadly understood. In terms of what you have outlined above, my attention is drawn to points 3 and 4, the depth structure of reality. Christianit...

The continuity between the old faith and the perspective of SS is something I still aren't seeing. This seems to be a common result with the various interactions I've seen here. There is quite the leap from "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved" to "Strive for hig...

Sad indeed. The conversation could have gone in an interesting direction if the question was pursued: Avatars of what ? What is it that expresses through these avatars? And even more interestingly - in what relation does the human "I" exist toward these beings who express through avatars? ...

Thank you for the very interesting dialogue! It's clear that Marco is still inclined to see intellectual activity as more or less orthogonal to the higher Logos principle. It will be interesting to see if he'll be willing to consider that a higher being expresses through the rigidified intellectual ...

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 ...

Anthony66 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:43 pm Who or what is the Lord in your polytheistic universe?

It's LUCA! (but upside-down)

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 L...

Cleric, please go to Substack, and start posting your essays and ideas there. This may happen at some point but right now I'm trying to put the essays together. I would much rather share them here first in a smaller circle. That's also why I'm taking so long with the next part. Thanks to some of th...

Regarding the right conception of karma, I admit it challenges my understanding. Because I can’t see the symmetry. And how chance and causality can be randomly mixed in karmic events. And I struggle to see what a future compensation for undeserved suffering even means. What it might consist of for ...

Curiously, it was a few days ago when I read something about Semmelweis, and that early 1800s 'women epidemic'. It makes one wonder what this unlucky man must have carried in his karma, to be forced through such a painful life path. And it makes one reflect, as you say, how we wrongly tend to belie...