Philosophical Speculations

'sectarian', 'totalitarian' ideas. Some say the Chinese collective system is totalitarian, but in terms of evolutionary advantage, it looks like being the next step. The Chinese are on the up, aren't they - soon to be the only world superpower. The West, with its people's huge sense of entitlement ...

Another question ... Why wouldn't the manifest idea construction of vaccine-boosted immune systems be an example of evolved Ideation at work, rather than some misconceived creation of bastardized, deprived ideation? I think (sic) because it's a one-size-fits-all solution, which betrays mechanized, ...

what does bio-engineered gene mutation and immune system, as opposed to natural, represent?

The sixth root race?

And they put anti soul juice in our vitamin pills.

There is nothing to the tentacle but seawater. The tentacle is just a behaviour of seawater

A defacto materialist, he has zero interest or inspiration when it comes to metaphysics/spirituality, such that whenever I attempt to draw him into a very basic conversation of that sort, never mind any deeply esoteric ideas, his eyes glaze over, and we're soon talking about about baseball Yes, I'v...

Surely the absence of awareness is the easiest thing (sic) in the world to understand. It's falling asleep. But sleep is not death - there are still things (sic) going on and consciousness still exists. When we awaken from sleep, we are aware of duration, even if we forget all our dreams. Just so in...

Jim, you said, Anyone who believes in some personal identity survival after death needs to answer the question about which of the many people they have been survives. You also said, Personal identity is an illusion that seems real because consciousness permits an integration of perception and action...

Adur, I think you describe it very well. Thank you. Where you say the universe is being annihilated and created anew, and is total blackness shining with infinite light, I feel I can make sense of this. It's like a light blinking on and off, but happening simultaneously instead of sequentially.

Adur, although I find what you say fascinating and cannot dispute it, I would like you to explain how you think Consciousness arises from Absolute Emptiness. The reason I ask this is that it strikes me as an incorrect use of the term, since by normal definition and use of English, something cannot c...