Philosophical Speculations

There is something that's blocking me from doing so, even if only phenomenologically, because I can't do it at will. That's right, and the real problem is not why there is a "blocking" (well, it's a different problem). The problem of this topic can be formulated like this (where there is ...

You may take a look at this . It's the same topic. There I make analogy with the path integral that is instrumental in QM. We may as well imagine that all conceivable states of being are superimposed on our current one but the vast majority of them interfere destructively . The more we understand e...

I don't think it's a good answer. Your subjective perspective of your space of experience is not imagined, it's a fact of experience. If we assume that Lucy has her own space of experience with experiences different from yours (and we need to assume it if we don't want to be solipsists), then that ...

The fundamental difficulty with these topics is that the identity is imagined to be some fundamental element of reality. This causes one to speak of bubbles of consciousness, dissociative boundaries, etc. It's strange that even though most non-dual teachings reject the reality of identities, yet st...

I've run accross this question in the analyticidealism subreddit, and engaged in a conversation. In the end, instead of theoretical descriptions, I provided a simile: "Let's assume you imagine up two fictional characters. One character is a guy named Joe, the other is a girl named Lucy. Now, al...

I don't know how many of you have seen the Russian film Stalker, based on - but diverging from - the Strugatskys' short story Roadside Picnic. The background story is that some kind of extraterrestrial object has hit the Earth somewhere in the Soviet Union, creating a so-called Zone where rationalit...

I encountered Pelevin just about 7-8 months ago, and since then I read everything from him I could get my hand on. Practically all of his books involve metaphysics as a central plot element, and these tend to be pretty hardcore idealist concepts. Pelevin is a self-professed Buddhist, and he's clearl...

And remember that you are never alone. There are always beings around - visible and invisible - which have their greatest joy if they can help a fellow traveler. See, that's what I'm afraid of. This High Ideal you talk often sounds good to my ego. It gives a sense of having a purpose. Yet, if you l...

Based on the first part of More than Allegory, it's presentism. He quite specifically explains how the only reality is what you are experiencing right now.

Well that's of course a reasonable answer but maybe you have more empirical experience on the matter :D Unless we find the place of thinking, it's all about picking a belief of choice. It sounds very appealing that it's enough to 'awaken' and all my karma is eradicated. But why take the trouble of ...