Philosophical Speculations

Lou, You keep on asking about praxis of idealism. Idealism enables animism, materialism denies it. A good praxis is the craft of crying . Professional crying has been traditionally a female career and craft. A lot of poetry and philosophy was involved in trapping myself to opening the door of human...

Perhaps past is not prologue as with previous paradigm shifts? Maybe a singularity? [/i] Well, not surprisingly, we've been down this road before, have we not? And as I've said before, having no crystal ball, I can only offer a story, about which you would likely find something to argue over, given...

SanteriSatama wrote: ↑Mon Mar 29, 2021 8:06 pm

Lou Gold wrote: ↑Mon Mar 29, 2021 7:49 pm Interesting, I read LA's piece as irony.

Huh???

I have no idea what you are referring to.

LA -- Laurie Anderson

For another take on the masculine quest, see this one.

"More Mother" I say. S-mother wants the the bad cop? Still more of the bad cop? By more Mother, you mean less of what ? As we were told, Mother is also a young child, a little girl exploring all sorts of emotions and their manifestations in her endless curiosity. "More" takes al...

Pretty cool post at Brain Pickings about the reflections of Mary Catherine Bateson.

“The knight errant, who finds his challenges along the way, may be a better model for our times than the knight who is questing for the Grail.”

I think my point is that they can arise as easily from Idealism as from Materialism. [/i] I suppose to find out, we'll have to wait for a contemporary stage-specific paradigm based in the primacy of Consciousness, with some spiritual efficacy on a collective scale, to displace the current deprived ...

Dante is great. Some good stuff hidden in there. It’s also interesting that he has the lower steps of the inferno (e.g. pride) as the most serious. Funnily enough I used Dante as a theme at work for a presentation on remote working under covid. This is part of a table from that... https://i.ibb.co/...

Meanwhile, I'm not sure if we actually "have very different ideas of where the most practical attention/intention should be focused." In a gnarly uncertain crisis like a global pandemic, where do you think "the most practical attention/intention should be focused" and how? [/i] ...

In a gnarly uncertain crisis like a global pandemic, where do you think "the most practical attention/intention should be focused" and how? Hi Mom, did you call for a good cop or a bad cop? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtxP0cP1ec4&list=PLrpyDacBCh7DBTZPD_JLCY-EjQTGjCKQF https://www...

How is Hans zimmer? I haven't been able to give his music much of a listen. I'll get back to you. "And there is no way and no escape and refuge for you, man, From all the vanity, sorrow and anguish that you see, but in ideal love. If you "look unto the earth, behold distress and darkness,...