Philosophical Speculations

while being wary of over-speculating about so-called paranormal experiences, like NDEs, OBEs, psychedelic trips, etc Speaking of that, re: the essay of this topic. (Formal) BK does go into a lot more detail on these subjects than I have seen him (Formally) do before. The article also clarifies the ...

We practically don't re-cognize anything as a conscious agent, so yes I can think of many examples : ) Pythagoras spoke of the music in the movement of the celestial spheres. This is literally true in my view. But I suspect you are trying to highlight that ideational agency underlies all such Macro...

Cleric said: In the highest sense, Music is the flowing Word I resonate a lot with this, because just as we words are the symbols through which we grasp the True Meaning, so is music full of communicative symbols through which we may grasp the same. The thread-starting video, discusses this ( ~31:30...

What is the thread about. It's about MUSIC. not About bl**dy dualism vs monism. I picked the division because Shu Asked an interesting question, and that division was a good compromise which focused the thinking on things like "can rocks make music?". Yes. andother answer would be: Since ...

We practically don't re-cognize anything as a conscious agent, so yes I can think of many examples : ) Pythagoras spoke of the music in the movement of the celestial spheres. This is literally true in my view. But I suspect you are trying to highlight that ideational agency underlies all such Macro...

The experience of music reveals to us yet another facet of the Mind-Meaning - its esthetical facet, its Beauty. Which is also inseparable from Love, because it is one thing - Love of Beauty, or Beauty of Love, but more precisely - one Love-Beauty. Music helps us to actually experience it, not just ...

Keeping with the musical theme of the thread ... Mea culpa I suppose for not being more articulate about what I'm wishing to express and explore here (perhaps should have opted for the topic-specific section), which is to carry on from Ashvin's essay (linked to above), to make a demonstrable case t...

I'm curious, does anyone know of an example in nature of what we would recognize as music that is not being expressed through what we would recognize as a conscious agent? We practically don't re-cognize anything as a conscious agent, so yes I can think of many examples : ) Pythagoras spoke of the ...

Ok, here's a nugget from BK which I haven't seen before. (p.39):
The reason the cosmic web looks like a neuronal network is because it's the extrinsic appearance of MAL! (my paraphrasing)

Mark Tetzner wrote: ↑Thu Nov 25, 2021 5:04 pm What a toxic place this has become almost an anti-BK-forum. I will be a passive reader from now on for the most part.

You're right. I should stop feeding Jim.
I'll get back to reading BK's essay.