Philosophical Speculations

Ashvin, thanks for the post previous to this, which I found helpful ... I'm also curious as to what the proponents of Steiner might make of this from Aurobindo on the soul's complete emergence ... Dana, It could be helpful if you pointed to a specific timestamp in the video where this idea is discu...

Thanks for adding this, Dana. After browsing the link, it seems like Aurobindo is generally describing the polar essence of Reality (One-many), which we often comment on here. Steiner also discusses the polarities of spiritual essence and evolution at length in various places. I will have to take a...

Another of Don's criticisms of Steiner is that, I quote, "he doesn't seem to understand much if at all about the One and the Many or That which is beyond both" , which is a key understanding at the core of Aurobindo's explication of 'exclusive concentration' in The Life Divine . So along ...

Hi Ashvin: Yes it should be a new thread - very different topic. I've studied (and practiced along the lines of) Sri Aurobindo's integral yoga since the mid 70s. I became aware of Steiner's writings in the early 70s, was always fascinated and put off by them, and didn't quite understand why the con...

I guess I've thought of the forum more or less as "Metaphysical Speculations" which to me indicates a wide ranging discussion of consciousness and/or matter, including scientific, spiritual, and philosophical dimensions, with some slight bias (which I am fine about) in the direction of id...

Perhaps an alternate domain name could be registered "metasteiner.org." Well, 'meta' as a prefix simply meaning 'beyond', then if Steiner isn't going beyond Kastrup, I don't know what else would qualify as 'metakastrup'. Admittedly, anyone with no knowledge of the early origins of this fo...

Actually, it does matter, and using such a tactic in the forum would be considered ban-worthy. Again, after looking into it, I'm satisfied there is simply no evidence to support the conjecture. Hopefully, now that some good laughs have been milked from it, it will no longer be a distraction. Yeah. ...

Well, it's been an interesting thread. I love the anthroposophical interlude, but I do think there are fundamental flaws in Steiner's approach. I had some interesting conversations with Arthur Zajonc, a nuclear physicist who is also past president of the American Anthroposophists (sp?. He admitted ...

If MAL differentiated under an impulse to experience without knowing (somehow), it would be returning to the exact same state it began from, which makes little sense, either as an inner telos or in light of our own immanent experience of life, in which all previous states integrate within the prese...

I'll take the revival of this cynical rumour as an attempt at humour. For the record, I've looked into the posting history of both Cleric and Ashvin, as well as their account details which only admin has access to, dating back to the old MS forum, and I'm satisfied that there is simply no evidence ...