Philosophical Speculations

Remember the epistemology of the solipsist, only my direct experience can be granted as real , nothing can be inferred from the behaviours of others, they might be simulations, androids, or whatever. All that counts is my own mind, everything else is abstraction. Do others have free will? Meaningle...

Remember the epistemology of the solipsist, only my direct experience can be granted as real, nothing can be inferred from the behaviours of others, they might be simulations, androids, or whatever. All that counts is my own mind, everything else is abstraction. Do others have free will? Meaningless...

I totally agree that Solipsism is spiritual and psychological suicide. That is why I am looking for arguments against it. But only the fact that it is a philosophy that is not suitable for life, doesn't make it untrue. This is not exactly the kind of argument you are looking for but its a satisfyin...

We should be very careful with the dream metaphor, bc it gives the impression that the "alter life" is just a personal fantasy with no connection to shared transpersonal Reality. But that is not even true of our dreams in "alter mode" - i think Jung, among a few others, pretty c...

This is going to depend on what tradition you follow because each has its own description of cosmology and the prefiguration of man's being.

And that includes the desire to know: you know why you have the desire to know, and you can perfectly live with or without it, yet you can still choose to pursue it if you know what you are doing and why. I agree and think this is right. I've also never had the experience of desire itself dropping ...

Evolution is the theme of our lives. Beyond mortal biological evolution and psychological evolution (human development) there is immortal spiritual evolution. This leads to considering the motive of universal consciousness creating alter-consciousnesses, and putting those alters through hell. What ...

Alan Watts is a good way into intuiting nondualism. I recommend The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are as a good place to start. You can find an audiobook copy here , and you can find his lectures all over YouTube. Hello from Portugal again. I have read Allan Watts, The Book: On The Tab...

'My' "boundary" is this heart-of-hearts unfolding of curiosity, interest and urge to realize certain dreams that are like demands pressing upon me. This whirlpool of passions is basically how I differentiate my character and personality, my individuated being in the world. While ontologica...

I've never had any mystical experience, either with drugs or via meditation. But I have a spiritual contentedness nonetheless which pertains to this discussion. The purest awakening moment I've had is I once saw a photograph of a lizard sunbathing on a rock in the desert. And the thought came: "...