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- Mon Jan 18, 2021 8:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Can Idealism be without thought?
- Replies: 112
- Views: 16834
Re: Can Idealism be without thought?
Under idealism Consciousness is the ontological primitive. The activity of this fundamental, irreducible Consciousness, i.e. its 'mentation'/'ideation', is its ontological imperative ~ as inextricable as formlessness><form. I'd suggest that any reasoning is a function of it being meta-conscious.
- Mon Jan 18, 2021 7:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Can Idealism be without thought?
- Replies: 112
- Views: 16834
Re: Can Idealism be without thought?
Nothing can be without consciousness, including ideas, which is the point of the idea of idealism.
- Mon Jan 18, 2021 4:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Re-imagining the humanities and the sciences around extraordinary-ordinary experiences
- Replies: 5
- Views: 960
Re-imagining the humanities and the sciences around extraordinary-ordinary experiences
Not sure if the has already been shared, but here is a chat with the erudite Jeffrey Kripal, including Bernardo, Don Hoffman, and others from the new Essentia Foundation, well worth a listen IMO ...
- Mon Jan 18, 2021 9:56 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Gender Nihilism & Archetypes | Philosophy // Psychology | Carl Jung & Camille Paglia
- Replies: 3
- Views: 508
- Mon Jan 18, 2021 9:47 am
- Forum: Topic-specific Discourse
- Topic: Knowledge
- Replies: 32
- Views: 11594
Re: Knowledge
I can only say that there in one state I know for certain, beyond any doubt whatsoever: in this now this awareness exists. Beyond that, everything else seems a relative, provisional story that arises out of it, I know not how.
- Sun Jan 17, 2021 10:57 pm
- Forum: Metaphysically Relevant Art-forms
- Topic: The Wisdom of the Heart ~ Henry Miller
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2811
The Wisdom of the Heart ~ Henry Miller
Having been reminded of Henry Miller while writing another post today, I was also reminded of what a marvellous layman/everyman philosopher he was, as eloquently expressed in his brilliant collection of stories, profiles and essays titled The Wisdom of the Heart, reviewed here by Maria Popova
- Sun Jan 17, 2021 8:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Schizophrenia, Sin and the Self (Owen Barfield)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4714
Re: Schizophrenia, Sin and the Self (Owen Barfield)
Ashvin ... as it turns out I did watch that episode, and found it very relatable. And strangely enough Brett bears a striking resemblance to a guy who lived in the same rooming house I ended up living in shortly after getting off that Vancouver bound train, who was a few year older than I at the tim...
- Sun Jan 17, 2021 5:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Schizophrenia, Sin and the Self (Owen Barfield)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4714
Re: Schizophrenia, Sin and the Self (Owen Barfield)
There was a time in my late teens, then an art college drop-out, when I went through some psychotic break for about a year, extreme anxiety with panic attacks; bat-shit crazy/vividly 'real' hallucinations, including envisioning committing mass murder of ex-classmates; periods where I could be steppi...
- Sun Jan 17, 2021 4:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Schizophrenia, Sin and the Self (Owen Barfield)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4714
Re: Schizophrenia, Sin and the Self (Owen Barfield)
It does sometimes seem to get quite nebulous when figuring out the difference between 'psychosis' (as defined by DSM 5) and so-called 'spiritual awakening.'
- Sun Jan 17, 2021 2:57 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Consciousness, Civilization and Citizenship
- Replies: 42
- Views: 5111
Re: Consciousness, Civilization and Citizenship
Due to having to delete the most recent comments for going beyond the leeway that we've granted to venture into political povs, and instead just becoming incendiary animosity, this thread has been locked.