Philosophical Speculations

although he says that it must be "in a sense" something other than nothing, that "in a sense" is an important qualifier: it's his admission that it also is nothing. Indeed, he goes so far as to say that M@L is nothing but its experiences. I find it helpful to think in terms of h...

DandelionSoul, it seems to me that a point BK made impinges on your argument - that is, the idea of the Ground being not nothing, but a superposition of all possibilities; in other words, a plenum. Emptiness then implies that forms are hitherto unrealized and unmanifest. However, the potential for m...

Interesting, yes - and beautifully expressed.

Ah yes, transcendence and immanence - my favourite cake, the one you can eat and still have.

It seems to me that if breathing is classed by Analytic Idealism as phenomenal consciousness (until one focuses on it and becomes metaconscious of it), then there is no real need to explore sleep states to try to disprove complete unconsciousness. Surely breathing in deep sleep is enough to show tha...

The exception that proves the rule.

What Soul of Shu says makes sense. How can nothing be dissociated? Dissociation is what brings about our sense of separation and limitation. If there were no dissociation, then we'd feel ourselves to be Mind at Large, know what Mind at Large knows and know what every other individual mind knows.

The world in idealism is a fantasy of Consciousness, a flow of beautiful ideal forms and conscious experiences, real yet fleeting and insubstantial. God is an artist.

Nicely put, Eugene. I think an artist inclined to cut his ear off.

Cleric, I don't think you've gone mad. But I find I can no longer enjoy too much abstraction and conceptualization - to me, it's become like dribbling round the pitch and failing to shoot for goal. This is my problem, not yours. So I apologise to you.

Cleric, are you living entirely in your imagination? I can't relate anything you say to my experience, and I've been a seeker all my life.