Philosophical Speculations

So if there are no beings structuring your thinking, yet your thought-life is not entirely yours as a private possession, then what is it? There are explanations for thunder (for example) that don't include a god of thunder. The notion that the world is filled with 'trickster gods' has been debunked.

The suggestion that our thoughts\thinking is influenced or perhaps sourced from archetypal beings doesn't seem reasonable or intuitive. In fact, if I 'thought' this was the case, I'd revolt and strive for freedom from these tricksters . Why even bother with the having of human beings anyways if it'...

The suggestion that our thoughts\thinking is influenced or perhaps sourced from archetypal beings doesn't seem reasonable or intuitive. In fact, if I 'thought' this was the case, I'd revolt and strive for freedom from these tricksters. Why even bother with the having of human beings anyways if it's ...

For that to be done, Lorenzo, we first have to be willing to explore the reality of our purely qualitative life. What is your view on the fundamental emotions of gratitude, love, reverence, and so forth? Can these be measured with a Geiger counter? Can they be detected with a brain scan as specific...

Ashwin, could you imagine or describe a thought experiment, even if just in principle, how to measure or detect the influence of archetypal beings? For that to be done, Lorenzo, we first have to be willing to explore the reality of our purely qualitative life. What is your view on the fundamental e...

Ashwin, could you imagine or describe a thought experiment, even if just in principle, how to measure or detect the influence of archetypal beings?

Talking about Ss there is a thought that im thinking trough right know. Every one in the forum here has a intuitive context, which allows us to understand what we are doing and why we are doing these things. It is the means by which our existence feels lawful. Let us imagine that we see a stranger,...

Re the secular language in your example - any verbiage I don't initially grasp or know, I can lookup (Google) and learn. For example, I can Google "Sun's Hill sphere" from your example above. Re Ss, looking up Ss verbiage, Google\ChatGPT and etc., simply describe Ss verbiage as belonging ...

Lorenzo, maybe you can simply offer to Guney your simple few-words child-level explanation of how to understand the nature of the physical world. Guney had specifically asked re an Ss explanation - which I cannot provide - and it appears, no one can provide an explanation using ordinary language. I...

The enjoyment of a cup of coffee or a sunset is as easy as falling off a log, and apparently, so did Jesus think of his path. To make any kind of spiritual progress, or to understand spiritual progress, should not require rigorous philosophical thinking, or intuitions outside of one's daily experie...