Philosophical Speculations

The whole enigma lies in inner utterances of the kind "... nothing but consciousness arranging itself". It is quite clear that as long as we speak this thought in our mind, it is inevitable the we objectify consciousness - we're creating thought-image of consciousness that thinking contem...

So the percept and concept are ideal in essence, as both essentially reflect inner meaning. Thanks Ashvin. From what I've read (which is limited), Steiner doesn't come out and say that percepts are ideal. But I'll lock your response here as part of the jigsaw puzzle. I look forward to your next ess...

Hi guys: Let me preface this by saying when it comes to intellectual discussion (I know there's a lot of intuition involved here but there's a lot of surface intellect as well; not a criticism or judgment just an observation) my interest is almost entirely in challenging the materialist view - whic...

Dana, It could be helpful if you pointed to a specific timestamp in the video where this idea is discussed. Well the excerpt from The Life Divine is about the threefold process by which the soul completely emerges in its human expression, to which the entire passage is pertinent. So an excerpt of t...

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...