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The Egg
By: Andy Weir
You were on your way home when you died.
It was a car accident. Nothing particularly remarkable, but fatal nonetheless. You left behind a wife and two children. It was a painless death.
Three Books of Occult Philosophy
Three Books of Occult Philosophy (De Occulta Philosophia libri III) is Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa's study of occult philosophy, acknowledged as a significant contribution to the Renaissance philosophical discussion concerning the powers of ritual magic and its relationship with religion.
Henosis
Henosis (Ancient Greek: ἕνωσις) is the word for "oneness," "union," or "unity" in classical Greek, and is spelled identically in modern Greek where "Enosis" is particularly connected with the modern political "Unity" movement to unify Greece and Cyprus.
Relative & Absolute: The Two Truths Doctrine
When discussing metaphysical or philosophical issues, it is always good to let people know if you are talking about something in the ordinary sense or in the ultimate sense.
Four causes
Four Causes refers to a principle in Aristotelian thought that is used to understand how four fundamental causes result in change. Aristotle described the causes, or ways in which an object could be explained as: "we do not have knowledge of a thing until we have grasped its why, that is to say, its cause",
Synchronicity: Acausal Connection or Causality in Disguise?
What do depth psychology, Bohm's notion of the "implicate order" and quantum mind theory have in common?
Among the various concepts that one hears bandied about in connection with New Age ideas, synchronicity may have the most plausible claim to be a new metaphysical concept. Unfortunately, it is hard to be sure, because it is hard to know exactly what the concept comes to.
Age-of-the-Sage.org
Transmitting the Wisdoms of the Ages - The following scrollable panel displays " Key Insights " from the Great Poets -
More such scrollable panels of " Key Spiritual Insights " from Christian and from Inter-faith Sources are available here
Eastern Philosophy
Mystery of the Self, Early Philosophers Part 1 [video]
Horizon Research Foundation Presented:
Unravelling the Mystery of the Self - From Philosophy to Modern Day Science at Imperial College London, September 10, 2009.
Alan Watts - Must Life Go On and On?
Music: Loscil - "Charlie", from the album 'Plume'. Video from Archive.org
Overview of the Masculine-Feminine Polarity
Everyone has both a masculine and a feminine side.
This basic polarity is part of you whether you are a
man or woman, boy or girl.
What's the difference between LOVE and FEAR?
Satsang with Burt Harding.
We all want love but, if we are honest, we are always unconsciously choosing fear instead. Why? Listen to this video.
Death - Alan Watts [video]
Alan Watts - Death[video]
Alan Watts - The Real You[video]
The Tao of Kung Fu #11 - "Accept the ways of others." [video]
n this clip from the episode "Sun & Cloud Shadow", Master Po is using a pond of lotus flowers as a metaphor for enlightenment.
A New Dream ( Metta) [video]
A New Dream ( Metta)
The 10 Very Best Zen Stories
Many teachings from Zen-Buddhism are told in short and delightful stories. They are usually designed to develop the mind and to free it from distortions and so to connect with our spirit.
The 10 Very Best Zen Stories For Travelers
These classic Zen stories speak of death, life, and the perfect journey.
Truth has nothing to do with words. So say the various Zen masters throughout the ages
This Simbol(Yin-Yang
This Simbol(Yin-Yang) represents the ancient Chinese understanding of how things work. The outer circle represents "everything", while the black and white shapes within the circle represent the interaction of two energies, called "yin" (black) and "yang" (white), which cause everything to happen.
Adyashanti - Seeing through my core-beliefs Part 1 of 2 [video]
Asked to teach in 1996 by his Zen teacher of 14 years, Adyashanti offers teachings that are free of any tradition or ideology.
Alan Watts Being Aware Of Awareness
Zen Master..
Causeless Happiness
The pursuit of happiness outside ourselves can only lead to sorrow because anything attained can be lost. Even the search within ourselves can lead to suffering because of unconscious beliefs and misperceptions.
The Sri Yantra
The Sri Yantra, or Yantra of Creation, originated in our pre-history. It has been known in the Hindu and Buddhist traditions and since the earliest Vedic times as the most powerful and mystically beautiful of all yantras (geometric mandalas known as power diagrams).
Alan Watts & The 4 Kalpas [video]
Tribute to Alan Watts 1915-1973 The Sound of Om
Alan Watts- The sound of rain need no translation [video]
Alan Watts- The sound of rain need no translation
from his lecture series- out of your mind
The Kosmos According to Ken Wilber
How does one classify Ken Wilbur? Philosopher, psychologist, contemplative, author, avid consumer of popular culture, Wilber is one of our era's grand synthecists, integrating many levels of knowledge from the most concrete to the most etheral into a great unified view of the living universe.
Death and Dying in Eastern Traditions
A brief look into death and dying in the major eastern traditions. This video was originally shown at a Smithsonian Institute seminar on May 22, 2010, given by Graham Schweig, and titled "Comparative Religious Beliefs: Death and Dying"
Zhuangzi
庄子 or 莊子 Zhūangzi (c. 369 BC - c. 286 BC), literally Master Zhuang, was a Chinese philosopher, who is supposed to have lived during the Warring States Period, corresponding to the Hundred Schools of Thought. His name is also transliterated as Zhuang Zi, Zhuang Zhou, Chuang Tzu, Chuang Tse.
Original Mind - No Mind
The passages in this section discuss the original mind or true self of the human being, which is the proper ground of enlightenment. The Original Mind is the intrinsic essence of mind, the true self. It is inherently pure and good, and in Christian terms it can be said to participate in the Kingdom of God.
I
Am That - Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
That there should be yet another edition of I AM THAT is not
surprising, for the sublimity of the words spoken by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, their directness and the lucidity with which they
refer to the Highest have already made this book a literature of
paramount importance.
Awakening to Reality- The Buddha on Non-Duality
This principle of nonabiding is also contained within the ancient
Theravada teachings.
Ethics
True and False Dualism
The concepts of ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ or two seemingly opposing opposites are known as ‘dualism’. The tree of knowledge, also known as the tree of good and evil from the story of Adam and Eve symbolizes the knowledge of good and evil.
Volition, Free Will, Illustration: Esau and Jacob
Romans 9:11-14
Determinism and Free Will: Transforming Fate in Buddhism
Determinism and free will. Is determinism right, and there is no such thing as free will? Can our destiny change? Is transforming fate possible? How does Buddhist karma fit in with determinism and free will? Is transforming fate possible?
Meditation & Ethics P1/2 : Ken Wilber and Andrew Cohen
Ken Wilber and Andrew Cohen - Guru and the Pandit, Live in Denver
Human nature
Human nature refers to the distinguishing characteristics, including ways of thinking, feeling and acting, that humans tend to have naturally.
The Nature and Value of Human Life
Although the wording of the General Assembly's mandate places the matter of the nature of human life prior to that of
its value, the temper of our times compels us to begin with the latter. T
Ethics of the drone war
I’ve published a couple of free ebooks recently: Explore your blind spot shows you how to reveal the gap we all have in our visual experience of the world, and discusses what it means about consciousness that this gap is kept hidden from us most of the time.
Hemertic Philosophy
Hermetic Gnosis: Secrets of Spiritual Hermeticism
Surrealist Manifesto - Two Surrealist Manifestos were issued by the Surrealist movement, in 1924 and 1929. The first was written by André Breton, the second was supervised by him. Breton drafted a third Surrealist manifesto which was never issued.
Hermetic Gnosis: Secrets of Spiritual Hermeticism
Snow White n her 7 cynics vs Goldilocks and her 3 bareable truths
Hermetic Gnosis: Secrets of Spiritual Hermeticism
Philosophy and spiritual path of Hermetic mystic union with Christopher Warnock of Renaissance Astrology. More information at www.renaissanceastrology.com
Causality
Causality (also referred to as causation) is the relationship between an event (the cause) and a second event (the effect), where the second event is understood as a consequence of the first
The Tao of Physics
The exploration of the parallels between modern physics and eastern mysticism
Mystery Schools Past and Present
Hermetic Philosophy
For many years, magick was considered a strange and mystical force that could not be understood. Today, magick is considered by many to be an art and not a science. Perhaps the word "science" scares people and makes them think that the "mystery" of magick will be taken away if scientific principle is applied.
Manly P Hall: Stupid Sophistication HD
Manly P Hall...lecturer on ancient philosophy, author and recognized as a 33º Mason (the highest rank possible in the Scottish Rite, speaks on the subject of universal laws and the denial-ism of certain areas of society.
Logic
Modes of persuasion
The modes of persuasion are devices in rhetoric that classify the speaker's appeal to the audience. They are: ethos, pathos, and logos.
A priori and a posteriori
The terms a priori ("from the earlier") and a posteriori ("from the later") are used in philosophy (epistemology) to distinguish two types of knowledge, justifications or arguments.
Alan Watts & Manly P. Hall discuss Common Sense
Alan Watts & Manly P. Hall discuss the most uncommon of all the sensory perceptions before Alan leads us to his conclusion.
What Is Abstract Thinking?
Abstract thinking is a concept often compared to concrete thinking, in which thinking is limited to what’s in front of the face, and the here and now. In contrast, the abstract thinker can conceptualize or generalize, understanding that each concept can have multiple meanings.
A priori and a posteriori
The terms a priori ("from the earlier") and a posteriori ("from the later") are used in philosophy (epistemology) to distinguish two types of knowledge, justifications or arguments. A priori knowledge or justification is independent of experience (for example 'All bachelors are unmarried')
Certainty
Certainty can be defined as either:
perfect knowledge that has total security from error, or
the mental state of being without doubt
List of paradoxes
This is a list of paradoxes, grouped thematically. The grouping is approximate, as paradoxes may fit into more than one category. Because of varying definitions of the term paradox, some of the following are not considered to be paradoxes by everyone.
Murphy's law
Murphy's law is an adage or epigram that is typically stated as: "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong".
Robert Anton Wilson: Maybe Logic - 2/6 [video]
Maybe Logic "is" a hilarious and mind-bending journey into the multi-dimensional life of Robert Anton Wilson, author of the Illuminatus
Free will and quantum clones: how your choices today affect the universe at its origin
Do we have autonomy, or are our choices preordained? Computer scientist Scott Aaronson has proposed a variation on the Turing Test that he calls the Envelope Argument or Prediction Game to address the question of free will, Scientific American blogger George Musser reports.
Free Will
The concept of free will has undergone some hard times lately. The obvious success of science, and the materialistic, deterministic, reductionistic assumptions that usually accompany it, have made free will seem old-fashioned, associated more with scholastic theologians than modern men and women. But I find the concept impossible to ignore, much less dispose of.
In what sense or senses may I be said to act freely? Does determinism rule out freedom of choice?
Most people, if asked, would consider themselves to be self directing, responsible agents. Society as a whole takes this for granted, people are held responsible for their actions.
Notes on Free Will
Two premises that lead to a conclusion that is problematic.
A Free Will Construct
Freedom is the key commodity of our world, as it is through the cadence of freedom that our choices create through the higher frequencies of Love.
Is your truth the absolute truth so help you God?
Alan Watts & Manly P. Hall discuss the most uncommon of all the sensory perceptions before Alan leads us to his conclusion.
U Create all - you are spiritual beings having a human experience.
Metaphysic
Philosophy of Science
What is Time?
It is a comprehensive whole system discovery which demonstrates that time is the universal factor of synchronization.
The Scientific Methods of
Rene Descartes
and
Francis Bacon
It has been said that both modern philosophy and modern mathematics began with the work of Rene Descartes. His analytic method of thinking focused attention on the problem of how we know (epistemology), which has occupied philosophers ever since.
The Quantum Brain, Spirituality, And The Mind Of God
When our brain ("a quantum computer" as I said in my previous posts) connects us to the world, that experience of connection is the same source from which artists and even scientists draw inspiration and creativity.
Template for Universal Math and Geometry
This model, which is still in its early Evolution, is the result of a synthesis many different streams of information that are resurfacing in this age of information explosion.
Philosophy of physics
In philosophy, the philosophy of physics studies the fundamental philosophical questions underlying modern physics..
Philosophers
Four causes
Four Causes refers to a principle in Aristotelian science that is used to understand change. Aristotle described four different types of causes, or ways in which an object could be explained: "we do not have knowledge of a thing until we have grasped its why, that is to say, its cause", He argued that, in order to understand an object, especially changes that the object might undergo, one has to understand its four causes.
Somnium Scipionis
The Dream of Scipio (Latin, Somnium Scipionis), written by Cicero, is the sixth book of De re publica, and describes a fictional dream vision of the Roman general Scipio Aemilianus, set two years before he commanded at the destruction of Carthage in 146 BCE.
Descartes's Imagination
I have a quite precise memory of when and where this project began. In the spring of 1983 I was attempting to reconcile the Rules
for the Direction of the Mind with a rather conventional account of Descartes's philosophy for a group of graduate students
Descartes's Imagination
Proportion, Images, and the Activity of Thinking - Dennis L. Sepper
© 1996 The Regents of the University of California
Early Modern Philosophy - Descartes, Passions of the Soul
Descartes, Passions of the Soul
Aristotelianism
Aristotelianism ( /ˌærɨstəˈtiːliənɨzəm/ arr-i-stə-tee-li-ə-niz-əm) is a tradition of philosophy that takes its defining inspiration from the work of Aristotle. The works of Aristotle were initially defended by the members of the Peripatetic school, and, later on, by the Neoplatonists
Philosophy of Mind
Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations
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