Philosophical Speculations

I'm honestly not sure what you mean by "thing" such that it excludes all those... erm... not-things you mentioned. Would you be willing to elaborate?

So the medium of mind can only be said to exist to the extent that it is actually experiencing. That's not necessarily totally accurate. There can be medium that can transmit information etc. communication between Wills without any interfering experiencing by the medium, as well as lack of medium w...

Let's put in terms of activity we are all familiar with - Thinking - which also happens to be aspect of the Ground. There is formless pole of Thinking - the activity which observes constantly changing thought-form but can never be observed as a thought-form. There is also form pole of Thinking - th...

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...

The distinction for me is that "Ground is no-thing" speaks of the Ground in its formless aspect of existence, while "there is no Ground" denies it any existence whatsoever. However, that is not very important compared to the truth of your bolded statements - the Ground as the Tr...

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 ...

OK sorry I probably misunderstood the first time. I don't really follow now either. Does the above mean the question of Ground vs. no Ground is meaningless or that the concept of "no Ground" is meaningless, or something else? Apologies for the delay in responding. I felt it would be wise ...

Okay, yes, I agree. ^_^

Ponder this - if anyone was satisfied with such a low resolution understanding of the ultimate Ground, then why would they still be inquiring to it? Why would you or anyone else be on this forum trying to discuss metaphysical issues which are surely trivial compared to the essence of our Ground? Ou...

... contentlessness seems to me indistinguishable from absence .... This is surely one way to write the story. Another way might be to say that the unmanifest offers maximum potential. Perhaps the story is the difference making the difference. I think I agree with you, but would you be willing to e...