Philosophical Speculations

What is the implication of such a finding ? Perhaps it is wrong to assume that it is our thinking that distinguishes us from animals https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20220402/p2a/00m/0sc/020000c That's a good question, Guney. The answer lies in the distinction between thoughts and self-consciou...

Where does the physical brain sit within horizontal/vertical thinking? I would think that the brain is a partial image of mental configurations - a reified thought object through which our active thinking precipitates thoughts. Is that close to the mark in SS speak? First we have to be careful when...

A very good example of multi-layered thinking can be found in computer systems, where each layer of machine code -> programming language -> operating system -> application -> ... -> ... are layeres of higher and higher abstraction. These levels did not appear by themselves. A human being thought th...

I'm certainly open to the depth aspect of reality, understand some of the logic, and may even have an intuitive feel of what is being described. But I lack a strong experiential conviction. What is driving my question above is whether, in light of this depth reality, I may need to do a certain revi...

Do you think it would be a fair summary to say that outside of a fairly restricted set of phenomena, horizontal propositional reasoning is very limited. In the realm of the moral in particular, horizontal and vertical reasoning is required to plumb an expansive meaning of phenomena. Let's first kee...

As I've said, as an evangelical Christian I was disappointed by prayer. In the end it was like mouthing words into the wind. What interest do the higher spiritual forces have with the affairs of men? How would I know? The question secretly implies quite atomic relationship between men and higher be...

As I was reading Ashvin's post, the following visualization came up: https://i.ibb.co/sj1N9m9/image.png The face represents our inner being which in our age is practically unknown (I'm not speaking of the conception we have about ourselves). Our inner spiritual core expresses itself in thoughts. The...

Once upon a time there was a very large motor-car called the Universe. Although there was nobody who wasn't on board, nobody knew how it worked or how to work it, and in course of time two very different problems occupied the attention of two different groups of passengers. The first group became i...

Thanks for your responses. You paint a suggestive relationship with this "other half-plane of reality" or "higher consciousness", but what does that look like? Our "other half-plane of reality", hallowed by thy name?? In the name of "other half-plane of reality&qu...

Rupert Spira keeps things simple and within daily experience: https://youtu.be/HNCKMOLediw A brief 2 minute starting point Thanks Lorenzo. RS actually does a very good job to approach the mood of prayer in this way. The question is, are we going to stop there? Are we going to rest satisfied as soon...