Philosophical Speculations

Another relevant material: The Elephant and the Blind: The Experience of Pure Consciousness: Philosophy, Science, and 500+ Experiential Reports Thanks Eugene, On one hand, it is a symptom of the times, how we can already speak in imaginative ways about our inner experiences. Today it takes very lit...

Thank you Cleric. I have to admit, I'm not able to distinguish physicality as you describe it here from the rest of spiritual experience. It seems to me that objectivity is the essence of phenomenology itself, the quality one wishes to find in all things spiritual. I don't see the difference betwee...

...the borderline? I thought there was no "borderline"... ...particles "more complex" than what? How would the higher bodies experience the screen of the senses without sense organs? only as imaginative experience? Why is physical light "less fragmented"? How to percei...

Ok, I understand in broad outlines. From your initial post I had received the impression that this work was achievable here and now (the Kingdom is at hand). But In the context of the whole solar evolution, it's less difficult to picture this progressive work. I am still not clear what the physical...

Cleric, I was wondering why Symphony of Minds is not included in the list at the link. I am searching, but not finding the reason :?: Sorry for the delay, Well, I haven't thought about it. SoM was a kind of probing ground, I didn't look upon it as something that should fit in the sequence. But if y...

Now coming to animals: To attribute memory to animals is an error still easier to fall into than the mistake of ascribing consciousness to plants. It is natural enough to think of memory when a dog recognizes its master, whom it may not have seen for some time past. Yet in reality the recognition d...

When we think in this way, about, say, Old Saturn as a spiritual fact, in flexible, spiritual concepts, we are not loosening the bodily context, we are not concentrating, but we are still liberating our thinking-will from the limits of the physical brain, right? Yes, and that's why I believe even s...

Yes, it’s an inner ‘click’ in thinking mode that initially sounds mysterious, feels veiled. I believe those optical illusions in which two distinct images are concealed make for a good metaphor for that ‘click’. Most people naturally see one image, struggle to see the other, but can work it out, wi...

What is meant by "ordinary, healthy human understanding" may be confusing. It reminds me of a recent discussion about "practical thinking", what Steiner meant by it. Here again, ordinary human understanding could be interpreted as the intellect, but it's not so, right? Maybe it ...

Here is also an interesting lecture passage from Steiner to contemplate: Today's thought of the day also speaks of this: As the physical eye must be acquired in the pre-earthly life, so must the eye, for the perception of the spiritual world, be acquired here on earth through spiritual science, act...