Philosophical Speculations

Lou ... yes, after chatting with Simon, and pending further feedback from other participants here, I'm putting on hold posting of such articles that in and of themselves have no metaphysical focus or intention written into them. If there is some clear consensus for or against this, we'll take it fro...

I'm seeking some clarification here regarding the posting of newsworthy articles as topics of discussion, of the kind that one can find just about anywhere nowadays, but which have no metaphysical focus or intention written into them ~ e.g. Lou's 'topic' linking to the Covid crisis in Brazil, and an...

But... in another sense, we can also see why humanity's gross negligence, i.e. sinfulness, which stems from lack of participation in the Divine ... The point being, this metaphysical split matters at every level of analysis. Agreed, although I'm more inclined to say that this 'sin' stems from the m...

Being of a mythopoetic disposition I prefer compound neologisms that describe a formlessness><form state ~ not arising from any prior state, but as the fundamental, uncaused, irreducible state ~ a not-two duet, such as emptifullness or Scott's mumorphism, keeping in mind that as Lao Tzu put it, &quo...

One thing we may perhaps agree on is that while JP feels that we should live and act as if a Divine agency/telos is at the core of it all, as far as one can tell he remains ontologically agnostic as far as stating what such a Divinity might actually be in essence. Once, as I recall, when asked if he...

Really, aren't all monotheistic religions essentially idealism insofar as they refer to, and rely upon, the 'Will' of God, which implies some fundamentally aware agency at its core. However, far too often from there comes undue projection, personification, and extrapolation to profess that this Will...

Lou Gold wrote: ↑Sat Mar 20, 2021 8:46 pmEverything I say here is a costume. Why do you not accept it?

I should think a good trickster costume is one that would be completely fallen for, otherwise the trick is exposed. Maybe try some new costumes

SanteriSatama wrote: ↑Sat Mar 20, 2021 8:11 pmAh, now that's a question!

Trick or treat?

Hoping to see a convincing heyoka trickster costume first

Lou Gold wrote: ↑Sat Mar 20, 2021 5:21 pmThe trick is revealed by what you do with it.

Which in this case was to reveal its transparency.

Lou Gold wrote: ↑Sat Mar 20, 2021 4:41 pmSame thing.

Well, insofar as the heyoka game of the 'trickster' starts to become blatantly transparent, what's the trick?