Philosophical Speculations

Ashvin, you are right, it is exactly the subconscious "veiling" that makes the localized cognition to ignore and not being able to experience the "excitations of a spatially unbound field of subjectivity—i.e., one universal mind". BK first offered DID only as an explanatory anal...

I just came across a text by Richard Tarnas (known for "archetypal astrology") which does a great job summarizing the general dynamic that is occurring here with JW, BK, and just about everyone else. WOW, thanks for pointing, never heard of him but that "Passion of the Western Mind&q...

14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unfruitful. 15 What am I to do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also; I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind also. This surely sings volumes ... Indeed, 'What am I to do?' Being nothing ap...

Right. You don't think that flipping the arrow will bring people closer to seeing the Unity. I do. Is that correct? Also, the "things are moving along" refers tho the full essay, in its power to convice regarding the fallcy of Materialism. I should have specificed that. Probably it's bett...

Speaking of that, re: the essay of this topic. (Formal) BK does go into a lot more detail on these subjects than I have seen him (Formally) do before. The article also clarifies the details on what he proposes happens after death. (Not surprisingly, since it's the subject at hand); I think this quo...

while being wary of over-speculating about so-called paranormal experiences, like NDEs, OBEs, psychedelic trips, etc Speaking of that, re: the essay of this topic. (Formal) BK does go into a lot more detail on these subjects than I have seen him (Formally) do before. The article also clarifies the ...

Cleric said: I resonate a lot with this, because just as we words are the symbols through which we grasp the True Meaning, so is music full of communicative symbols through which we may grasp the same. Not what Cleric is saying at all, rather he means it is the flowing Spirit (ideational activity) ...

Perhaps we can’t, because I believe you are misrepresenting my arguments at every step. There probably is no path forward, which is fine. Let me just list out some points I think your arguments are putting forward and you can tell me how accurate they are. Please ignore the terms used if they diffe...

... It is also a gross error to suggest I remain trapped in dualism. I propose that consciousness is a physical part of Being, just as everything else is. It is the idealist who is trapped in dualism when he tries to claim consciousness as non-physical. I have every desire to continue this conversa...

What a toxic place this has become almost an anti-BK-forum. I will be a passive reader from now on for the most part. Well, I would suggest more 'meta' kastrup, as the forum name implies, rather than anti-kastrup—although some occasional facile detractors may be in that category. My own critique, i...