Philosophical Speculations

If you're interested in psychoanalysis, I recommend listening to Kanye West's interview with Joe Rogan. Then relate your findings back to what we have discussed here on the artist. I haven't seen anybody who thinks like him before -- I'm just as concerned with what he's saying, as I am how he's say...

It first requires a humbleness in knowing our current lack of spiritual knowledge and an openness towards the higher impulses of knowledge. Again, the fact that we are here dialoguing about these things means our 'soil' is already somewhat prepared for this humility and openness to a greater extent...

Hi GrantHenderson, Is this post a poem, an essay, a vision, a journal entry, a question, an affirmation, or what is it? With such an impressive series of postulates reeled off one after the other, you really leave one wondering how to interpret your writing, and how to respond to your act of postin...

When analyzing why man creates art, It is most useful to first consider the common personality traits among those throughout history who are regarded as the greatest artists. A counterintuitive fact common among many great artists throughout history is that they are also often depicted as "ego...

When analyzing why man creates art, It is most useful to first consider the common personality traits among those throughout history who are regarded as the greatest artists. A counterintuitive fact common among many great artists throughout history is that they are also often depicted as "ego...

When analyzing why man creates art, It is most useful to first consider the common personality traits among those throughout history who are regarded as the greatest artists. A counterintuitive fact common among many great artists throughout history is that they are also often depicted as "egom...

Indeed, the question is whether we can draw parallels between “life and death” and our living experiences. This may seem like an oxymoron, but only because our concept of death is based on that which isn’t in living context. From our living, outer-observations of death, all we can directly deduce i...

Grant, This topic is so rich that I will need to revisit it again after this introductory response. I am going to begin with your second paragraph. Maybe some others, such as Cleric, will jump in with thoughts as well, which would be welcome. Indeed this is the very heart of the matter, pun intende...

I find it interesting that you say that thinking and perceiving are polar opposing. I want to explore this further, because I think it’s important. Too often I hear philosophers claim that thinking activity is the “extrinsic appearance” of qualitative experiences, without proposing a valid means by...

I find it interesting that you say that thinking and perceiving are polar opposing. I want to explore this further, because I think it’s important. Too often I hear philosophers claim that thinking activity is the “extrinsic appearance” of qualitative experiences, without proposing a valid means by...