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- Sat Sep 25, 2021 4:03 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Anthroposophy for Dummies
- Replies: 320
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Re: Anthroposophy for Dummies
What are the dynamics or causal mechanisms by which the intellect is "possessed"? (1) Apart from the "abstract" intellect, what other types of intellect are there? (2) What's in it for me if I develop higher Spiritual activity? What are the consequences if I don't? I'm not sure ...
- Sat Sep 25, 2021 2:25 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Cleric's Responses to Mystical Metaphysics (or How to Make a Logical Argument)
- Replies: 217
- Views: 11466
Re: Cleric's Responses to Mystical Metaphysics (or How to Make a Logical Argument)
The real appeal is more likely that truly keen folks who are interested in the kind of esoteric topics found here, and actually have some well informed grasp of ontology, are few and far between, and we just crave intelligent conversation with like-minded people, however contentious it may get at t...
- Sat Sep 25, 2021 1:22 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Cleric's Responses to Mystical Metaphysics (or How to Make a Logical Argument)
- Replies: 217
- Views: 11466
Re: Cleric's Responses to Mystical Metaphysics (or How to Make a Logical Argument)
Right :) Hopefully, if they see that people are not subscribing to their preaching, they will eventually leave to other places. It's simple. Everyone agrees we are in a deep " meaning crisis " in Western civilization, including BK. So, naturally, metaphysical idea -lism, if one has any de...
- Fri Sep 24, 2021 1:49 pm
- Forum: Topic-specific Discourse
- Topic: Consciousness, A Priori Reasoning and Pluralism
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1917
Re: Consciousness, A Priori Reasoning and Pluralism
Here is the difference. If one assumes there is matter, then one has either the intractable interaction problem of the substance dualist or the intractable hard problem of consciousness of the materialist. By 'intractable' I mean no one has a clue for how the problem might have a solution. The idea...
- Fri Sep 24, 2021 1:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Cleric's Responses to Mystical Metaphysics (or How to Make a Logical Argument)
- Replies: 217
- Views: 11466
Re: Cleric's Responses to Mystical Metaphysics (or How to Make a Logical Argument)
In this sense there's no actual veil between worlds but it is entirely up to the development of consciousness to grow into the relations of all the planes. Our physical body is in the physical plane ('spectral band' of Divine Consciousness, so to speak), our feelings are of the same 'substance' as ...
- Fri Sep 24, 2021 1:05 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Cleric's Responses to Mystical Metaphysics (or How to Make a Logical Argument)
- Replies: 217
- Views: 11466
Re: Cleric's Responses to Mystical Metaphysics (or How to Make a Logical Argument)
In this sense there's no actual veil between worlds but it is entirely up to the development of consciousness to grow into the relations of all the planes. Our physical body is in the physical plane ('spectral band' of Divine Consciousness, so to speak), our feelings are of the same 'substance' as ...
- Thu Sep 23, 2021 9:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Cleric's Responses to Mystical Metaphysics (or How to Make a Logical Argument)
- Replies: 217
- Views: 11466
Re: Cleric's Responses to Mystical Metaphysics (or How to Make a Logical Argument)
Yes, your bolded comments seem an accurate characterization of the axial religions/civilizations, which emerged in biomes that were transitioning from a fruitful natural abundance into scarcities brought about by population pressure, deforestation and climate change. The result was an adversarial c...
- Thu Sep 23, 2021 5:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Cleric's Responses to Mystical Metaphysics (or How to Make a Logical Argument)
- Replies: 217
- Views: 11466
Re: Cleric's Responses to Mystical Metaphysics (or How to Make a Logical Argument)
At a much more basic level, anyone who reflects for awhile and is honest with what thoughts come back from that reflection will know intuitively that humanity-nature is "fallen" and needs redemption in some way. That is the basis of every single spiritual tradition which has ever existed,...
- Thu Sep 23, 2021 4:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: What causes bad trips?
- Replies: 129
- Views: 8260
Re: What causes bad trips?
But there is nothingness aspect and a fullness aspect, there is a cessation and a movement which you said "have nothing to do with each other". If the fullness aspect involves A************ or such as Wilber's Integral Theory, then I identify with the nothingness aspect :) In this experie...
- Thu Sep 23, 2021 3:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Cleric's Responses to Mystical Metaphysics (or How to Make a Logical Argument)
- Replies: 217
- Views: 11466
Re: Cleric's Responses to Mystical Metaphysics (or How to Make a Logical Argument)
No, we deceive ourselves through the creation. We don't deeply consider anything anymore, only pretend to be "experts" in this or that so our ego has a voice. We misrepresent positions on purpose so our own ego can feel like it has satisfactorily engaged with the material and dismissed it...