Philosophical Speculations

Shaibei, Can there also be a faith that God has the capacity to reveal higher truth to us, beyond feelings of connection with him or sporadic visions of higher worlds? Can be. I believe in prophecy, it means I believe in a priori cognition of values ​​and meaning behind reality It seems to me, when...

Frankl's position is that meaning imposes responsibility by requiring man to transcend himself. It is difficult for an idealist of a certain kind to do this because he believes he is creating meanings. For his consciousness is the greatest development to which reality has reached. Frankl's thinking ...

Frankl believed a space of meaning and values exists. When I listen to Bernardo I hear Nietzsche. Frankl likes to quote Nietzsche's "He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how", But that's exactly where the difference between the two lies. Nietzsche believes he creates values, w...

Several times, in books or interviews, BK mentions the ideas of Viktor Frankl as one example of wise thinking and viable solution for the crisis of meaning. The thing is that in Frankl’s writings always is emphasized the importance of the individual, his singularity and unrepeatibility situation in...

For starters I'd like to ask: Why is it that you've expressed an inclination to distance yourself from the likes of Steiner, and occultism in general, and worry about being associated with a forum where such topics may send confusing messages to your audience, and yet have gladly associated yoursel...

I thought that the relative absence of Jewish visual imagery was an effort to avoid the idolatry of objectification. No? But, yes, music as a stimulant of the senses is a powerful alternative, which is difficult to objectify. It gives us feelings. This is true. My knowledge of art is quite minimal ...

The visual theme of wisdom or healing power revealed through trauma, vulnerability or "breaking open" is also common in the wounded and pierced Sacred Heart imagery of Christianity. I'm sure. There is an interesting discussion between Jung and his disciple Neumann about the "feminine...

Leonard Cohen seems to me as a classic example of a JewBu or Jewish Buddhist. This theme may also offer a bridge between the non-dualist (above) and dualist (below) in dynamic ever-evolving process. Yes, his character seems to be something like a JewBu, something like the saying "There Is Noth...

Dear Shaibei, Thanks for this classic story of how to go about repairing our broken world. Tikkun olam! One of the things that I see and like in the Uelsmann image above is that the "rock in our hands" may be seen as a hard uncaring mental shell also known as "metaphysical materialis...

This is a repost from the music thread. I'd love to read your personal take on the power of story in your own life. Are there stories of special importance or significance to you? Yes, Chasidic masters tend to use stories which echo Kabbalistic metaphors, that bypass the conscious mind to penetrate...