Philosophical Speculations

By “sharper” I meant to include conscious orientations toward higher ideals. I couldn’t find the passage you evoque, however from the lecture I have referenced, and in general, I understand that consciousness, even when experienced as concentric with moral ideals, uses up physical forces. The ideal...

Thanks for this synopsis, Federica. However, if I am getting it right, these are two different destructive processes taking place in the human organization. On the one hand, the destructive nature of the chemical elements that make up our physical body - evident in the human corpse, the condition in...

I suppose it depends what we mean by 'concept'. If we mean that as synonymous with all forms of higher ideation, then yes. But usually we differentiate between intuition, inspiration, imagination, and intellect, and 'concepts' are the aliased forms of ideation familiar to the intellect. We experien...

Probably we should first be clear what is meant by 'language'. We are not necessarily speaking of the visual and audial perception of isolated words (which also have spiritual significance), but the living idea that gives logical structure to the language as a temporally extended organism. Basicall...

I think the statement in that article is a presupposition (that language shapes perception) and not at all an evidence emerging from the study (by the way, the linked study does not report any of the visual tests given in the article). To state that they don't see the one blue tile among the series...

Don't you get tired of this inner stance of constant suspicion and mistrustfulness, Federica? It is getting to the point where I can't even make a comment to you anymore without some ulterior motives being imputed. Even if that's how you feel inwardly, can't you make some effort to resist bringing ...

:P :P :P :P :P :P :P I think your previous post is clear enough, Maybe you can point to the place where I said "Matt Segall doesn't know anything about spiritual science and shouldn't be trusted". I'll wait :) In fact, I made sure to conclude the post with - " That being said, I have...

To be clear, I'm not saying anything about Matt Segall or his understanding of spiritual science, :P :P :P :P :P :P :P I think your previous post is clear enough, Maybe you can point to the place where I said "Matt Segall doesn't know anything about spiritual science and shouldn't be trusted&q...

Ashvin, You surely have your reasons to think so about Matt Segall. I don't know him well either and I'm certainly not here to defend him. I can say that I came to know his work through this short, 6 year-old video on the Gothean approach to phenomena, that seemed quite good to me. His interest in ...

I think that, even if this path is accessible in principle to anyone, there might be degrees of ability to open up to the phenomenological approach. In my case I feel both resistance and a lack a spiritual fit, so to say. But I'm sure there's still something I can do, even if I can't make progress ...