Philosophical Speculations

Thanks Federica, I think these are great examples. As a whole, this area acts as a great temptation for me, because it feels so seductively palpable to the intellect. I know myself and know how there's still a strong incentive in me to grasp things in a nice, well-rounded intellectual form (it used...

How can we phenomenologically understand the 4 ethers that make up the physical world? Cleric's answer in the other thread makes it easier to understand the astral body because we become aware of emotions easily. But I can't do it with the ether. How do you connect the etheric powers with your pheno...

This opens the question: if you somehow see an image of the riverbed of your character, temperament, interests, preferences, etc. and this image cannot be the reality, then what is the reality of this riverbed and how can it be known in its true nature? The landscape of one’s character, inclination...

Seems also true when we divide into "ego" and "not ego." In spiritual work we must guard against developing an anti-ego ego. I try to focus on the fulcrum rather than the swings. I like the notion of Francis of Assisi that the perfect joy is to have a peaceful heart no matter ho...

The I not as an substantial entity, but it's a fact that we feel active creative in thinking. We feel the thinking activity as our own, and we differentiate ourselves from everything other in our lives. You have come to certain conclusions, and you have certain ideas, which you share here with othe...

The "I" can't directly see itself in the process of breaking the balls, as another ball that is being broken, so it forgets about its own existence when theorizing about the 'laws' of reality. It is the same thing every scientist does when they forget to account for the fact that their &q...

How do we learned the concepts which structure our thinking live, and which we take for granted like Truth, love, energy, wisdom, forgiveness...... ? I can't remember the learning process, and I don't know if it is possible to remember this childhood memory's, but empirically it could be experience...

You feel your spiritual activity moving in completely novel directions, not simply conjuring up fantastical explanations for your experience, but probing the very grooves through which that experience flows.

What do you mean with that, could you explain it more detailed?

Guney, These are productive efforts and thoughts because they at least help you discern where your thinking is bumping into obstacles in this domain of study. Notice how, if you simply didn't make any such efforts, you wouldn't have any feedback for the factors steering your thinking this way or th...

How do we learned the concepts which structure our thinking live, and which we take for granted like Truth, love, energy, wisdom, forgiveness...... ? I can't remember the learning process, and I don't know if it is possible to remember this childhood memory's, but empirically it could be experienced...