Philosophical Speculations

Instead of enumerating what the higher self is not and how to free it from the lower, please tell me what makes it individual behind the veil of all the severe misalignments. There is not a word about that so far in this discussion. Federica, here's something that may be seen as rather abstract but...

Thanks for the link Ashvin. That Steiner was the author had completely escaped me. " Yes, getting anyone's attention pointed to Cleric's essays seems the only way to go at this point, including a lot of people on the Anthroposophical FB page " Ok, I hope this means they are being publishe...

Thanks for elaborating, Cleric. I am clearly very far from all this. I was just wondering about ways to help rewiring the experience of music in general, in much more basic terms, having in mind that it's soon the end of music that stirs feelings, as you recently said. Well, in that case it's proba...

Cleric, I am glad that it's possible to experience music in the way described! For my part this sounds a long way ahead of what I can hope to grasp at this point. I read the words, but I lack the concepts to extract any meaning, already from “listening with the whole volume of the room”. It was not...

Thank you, Cleric, this installment I found very lucid and relatively easy to intuitively resonate with at every juncture. Horizontal and vertical thinking ... I found the above one of the most helpful new metaphors you have presented in these essays. We speak about horizontal vs. vertical thinking...

... ... I personally take listening to music and meditation (as means of deeper exploration), as distinct activities. And listening to music itself could be of various kinds. One thing I like to experiment with is to listen with the 'whole volume of the room', instead of only ears. In a nutshell, w...

Federica wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 8:05 am What server is that?

r/analyticidealism

Here's invite link:
https://discord.gg/sVJxXkkPrd

But the situation there is pretty sad

Güney27 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 7:49 pm Before reading trough it I want to thank you Cleric!
The time you invest into this essays which helps us to understand the mysteries of existence must be immense and you provide it for us for free.
Thank you!

Thank you, Guney!
I really hope that you may find something of value.

Ok, I understand this is primarily meant to treat the recurring separate-self affliction. The more I think about it, the more I believe this is a Tanguy syndrome of present-day humanity. Anyway, it’s wide-spread enough for its tackling to be justified even in the kind of general thread with curated...

The Phonograph Metaphor Part 2 Differentiating from the general flow of necessity as a means of expanding consciousness Because of the scientific habits of our age, when we think about gaining a more intimate experience of the World groove, probably the first thing that comes to mind is that we sho...