Philosophical Speculations

If they had brought diapers, blankets and wine - then they'd really be wise.

This is the approach of modern initiation that we have been speaking about, which is a continuation of the ancient mysteries but at the level of lucid thought, i.e. at the level of activity that we feel creatively responsible for directing. What happens when we die? The subtle bodies separate from ...

I was listening to a podcast yesterday, topics included early Greeks, early Christianity, Christianity as a continuation of Paganism, likely use of psychedelic's in early Greek and early Christianity, Christianity as the Mystery of Mysteries, and one interesting quote from early Christianity that ca...

Let's say you suddenly awakened to how your own past activity, in this life or previous ones, in connection with other human activity, has shaped the planetary environment such that everything from natural disasters, illnesses, and cultural atrocities became possible within the otherwise harmonious...

I have no entry point for terms like "living elementals", "soul life", "weave our inner activity into the World state" . . . these expressions don't convey any notion I can latch onto . . . and they're not even googleable. To me they read like words randomly slammed tog...

"willing-feeling-thinking" or "Sat Chit Ananda" . . . these are words we use as a concession to having a conversation . . . we can't use words and at the same time call them a trap, or the real zinger . . . it's a trap if Lorenzo uses words and concepts, but not a trap if Ashwin ...

I am not getting what you (and Cleric) are trying to say . . . I think we agree that 'being Lorenzo' and 'being Ashwin' are not eternal . . . but are you saying "willing-feeling-thinking" is eternal, or could be? Not sure about that, but I would offer\begin with Sat Chit Ananda as reality....

Ok, so this is the core difference between the intuitive thinking path and the standard 'nondual' approach, which we have discussed many times with you and Eugene. Basically, we say that the 'undoing of a separate self', or the undressing of the clothing put on by the core spirit in each incarnatio...

These exercises look like Buddha's teaching to gain equanimity in pain and pleasure, and cessation of suffering, so technically I'd say these are not a method to recognize one's true nature. However if one were practicing the above, one would be more likely to stumble upon one's true nature then if ...

Instead of thinking about death, maybe we should think about our beliefs, opinions, assumptions, prejudices, preferences, etc. Should we exert some effort to gain a better orientation to those, before approaching the question of death? This is a big topic - if you have a suggestion on how get it st...