Philosophical Speculations

I have only very recently began to understand what you and Cleric are proposing - much less grasp any intellectual argument, and even less so, finding an intellectual argument convincing. I am a bit of a 'commoner' - not inclined towards intellectual arguments, especially regarding Reality, where d...

If a tradition/religion wishes to add a layer of morality, or sentiment, form/ideas, personality, etc. to reality; that’s fine. Some people do benefit from structure and definable goals. This layer of sentiment and symbols is not necessary or mandatory. I am simply asking you to differentiate betwe...

Hi Cleric If "...the Earthly state is indeed an octave within a higher world...", then there are multiple states and multiple worlds. And a separate experiencer of these. If you wish to call the whole shebang One World, that's okay by me, but once again it's dualism. I'm not sure where yo...

So, this evolution thing... Actually it's interesting because the traditionalist writers I've been reading lately, like René Guenon and Fritjof Schuon, actually deal with this topic, but on the inverse - yet it seems to make sense. In their opinion, humanity is not evolving but rather moving away fr...

I didn't have the time to read it all yet, but the first one made me think of how this feeling of "choice" is also pretty common. My own grandfather, after being under a life-or-death operation, told that while he dreamt that he was sitting on the roof of his childhood house, right on the ...

Hi Cleric If "...the Earthly state is indeed an octave within a higher world...", then there are multiple states and multiple worlds. And a separate experiencer of these. If you wish to call the whole shebang One World, that's okay by me, but once again it's dualism. I'm not sure where yo...

PS: I know that there are some who don't hold such a strong view about the mystical state and don't claim that it reaches the Heart of the Cosmos, thus for them it's natural that no details about the world creation are perceived in the mystical state. But this only makes matters worse because it si...

Hi Ashvin No, there is duality. If there was no duality, you and I could not be having this conversation. It's true, from the "point of view" of One World, there is no duality. But then, from the "point of view" of One World, there is also no Ashvin and Mike either, or even spac...

Oh boy, you're in for something

This may be relevant: The urban dictionary defines lawyerese as "the idea that lawyers frequently speak and write in such a way that is difficult, if not impossible, for laypeople to interpret". Ash is a lawyer. Well I am too. But in fact being a lawyer is actually about formulating your ...