Philosophical Speculations

... Thanks Federica. First I want to say that it's a great joy for me to see how you engage in these topics by doing the inner observations. Even though I haven't commented, your descriptions of thinking and the thought-tails didn't go unnoticed and unappreciated. This is really the productive atti...

(1) I can tell you why. It’s precisely because your examples are conceptual systems. Words, numbers, languages. Those systems require us to learn a man-made code as a precondition for functioning within their inherent logics. In addition, we could notice that these logics are different for each lan...

To me, by brandishing the sparkling head of thinking we break open breaches in experience. In those breaches we apply ourselves to twist and shuffle and reshuffle the shreds. That's thought. The deeper the breach, the longer the memory tail of the thought, the higher the potential for distortion / ...

I was thinking more of the Archetype creating the story, for example Jesus breathing love into his every step or Thich Nhat Hanh breathing peace into his and thereby demonstrating what others can do by acting mindfully (consciously). This is important as it is the aspect that we can humanly relate ...

"Intuitive thinking begins with the humble realization that in our spiritual activity we've never been apart from the archetypal world." Cleric, I like your bolded statement and I've been contemplating it... "Intuitive thinking begins with the humble realization that in our spiritual...

Unfortunately, I'm afraid that people simply don't even try to understand what it's meant with 'intuitive thinking'. In our popular culture, this is instinctively equated with thinking driven by mysterious feelings. We stand at a crossroad and say "My intuition tells me that I must turn right&...

Cleric, Please read my question literally and stop strawmanning it into something other than I intended. And you know this because you personally have performed the protocols and have consciously attained the awareness and experience? I plead for a simple 'yes' or 'no' answer. I am asking whether t...

Well if it's not that simple, then stop telling other ppl that they don't get it. you don't know that. it's a fact. You can't have the cake and eat it. It doesn't work that way. Then how does it work? Imagine you try to explain Magic Eye to someone. Clearly this is not something that the listener c...

And you know this because you personally have performed the protocols and have consciously attained the awareness and experience? I plead for a simple 'yes' or 'no' answer. Asking yes/no questions implies that the inquirer understands the two alternatives and knows them to be mutually exclusive. Un...

So, you are suggesting that thoughts/thinking and mental images, all arise from and within the body-mind; No, the process of arising is much more complicated. In a similar sense, a growing plant doesn't simply 'arise'. We need to take into account many many factors if we are to understand plant gro...