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Buddhism and the illusion of time1 comment

questionbeggar wrote 5 days ago: Here is a great article (or rather a lecture) that unites a lot of my recent interests in philosophy … more →

Tags: Buddhism, Consolation, death, endurance, eternalism, Flow, four-dimensionalism, metaphysics, passage of time

The mirror2 comments

allisunknown wrote 1 week ago: The mirror of my mind reflects only badness. The good resides here in this room as a vampire, withou … more →

Tags: Poems, Philosophy, chuang-tsé, Taoism

The Higher Self and the Lower Self: Theseus and the Minotaur

santitafarella wrote 3 weeks ago: An 1843 sculpture, by Antoine-Louis Barye, of Theseus slaying the Minotaur: Theseus’s entering … more →

Tags: ATHENS, Freud, greek mythology, Jung, Life, Psychology, The Double, The Minotaur, Theseus

H1N1 and precautions

Pirogoeth wrote 4 weeks ago: I am about to get on my soapbox, so be prepared! You have been warned! I go to the Catholic church f … more →

Tags: Soapbox

The Healing Properties of Empathy in the Context of the Self

Lou Agosta wrote 4 weeks ago: In this blog post (and the related article (draft)), the argument is that empathy is the matrix out … more →

Tags: empathy, Philosophy, Hermeneutics, Self, phase appropriate failures of empathy

To Believe or Not 1 comment

gebs wrote 1 month ago: There those of us that explicitly refuse to believe despite any event or evidence.  There are those … more →

Tags: Belief, Faith, Theology, Thoughts

He took all of my sins and he wrote a pocket novel called "The State I Am In".4 comments

Eric wrote 1 month ago: Bear with me for a moment, because I’m not sure where I am going with this, though I promise it rela … more →

Tags: 1, Chicago, Emilie Simon, identity, FSF, Fitzgerald, T. S. Eliot, Hart Crane, Berlin Nightclub

Identity

unimpressivegirl wrote 1 month ago: Hanging out with friends in my living room, I reached over to fix my talons into what I thought was … more →

Tags: flaunt less, identity, Self-Realization, Charades, fight, Stream of Consciousness, living vicariously

The Offence (1972) - I am not your Godhead, I am just a Paedophile2 comments

Jonathan McCalmont wrote 1 month ago: I get the impression that for many, a trip to the cinema is a religious experience.  Note that I say … more →

Tags: film, Horror, British Film, Film criticism, Religion, The Offence, psychological horror, identity

#97: Believe in and love yourself. If you don't, no one will.

katedoidge wrote 1 month ago: Self esteem is probably the biggest battle everyone faces. A rare few are born with the ability to s … more →

Seen near our church

Lauri wrote 2 months ago: A big metaphysical offer. … more →

Tags: London, observations, Subversion, Self-Storage, Philosophy, pun

Thich Nhat Hanh and Eating Organically

Lakshmi (LaChelle) wrote 2 months ago: I am pretty haphazard in my grocery buying. Some things I buy are organic, some are up for grabs. I … more →

Tags: Living Well, eating organically, Treatment of animals, The Environment

Jonathan Miller on life, and psychiatry...1 comment

Chris Goan wrote 2 months ago: Jonathan Miller said this- I hold all contemporary psychiatric approaches – all ‘mental health’ meth … more →

Tags: spirituality, mental illness, Psychiatry, Jonathan Miller, critique of sychiatry

On the Self and Social Media

pswhite wrote 2 months ago: This might be a manifesto, of sorts. Apologies if it offends your sensibilities, gets your teeth in … more →

Tags: Social Media, facebook, The Century of the Self

a lot...1 comment

samstarr wrote 2 months ago: you know…there is a lot I have wanted to say recently about friends and experiences and the fi … more →

Tags: Love, Friends, Queens, hair, New York City, Laugh, live

Mirror leaves and mirror campfire

playeverything wrote 3 months ago: It is difficult sometimes to imagine a genuinely play-friendly world, where children could run and e … more →

Tags: Archetypes, Children, Journeys, Myth, open access, Play, Play Association Tower Hamlets, Playgrounds, Public Space

Lex Orandi Lex Credendi

triple347 wrote 3 months ago: I recently read The Peaceable Kingdom by Stanley Hauerwas, the first book of his I have ever read, a … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Philosophical Theology, Epistemology, Christianity, Stanley Hauerwas

Consciousness is Power, a Meditation on the Self

spiritblogger wrote 3 months ago: A great Tenent of Omnitheism is that the collection of Consciousness as a whole is the most powerful … more →

Tags: why are we here, Our Infinite Selves, Mediations, God, Power, Will, Freedom, mediation, Free Will

Counting Leaves3 comments

veritasxlogos wrote 3 months ago: 202… 203… 204 bright green made separate by light cracking through. A silent shore bring … more →

Tags: Poetry, Memory, Nature, writing, leaves, Counting, The Mind


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