Philosophical Speculations

The claim that “the heart is not a pump” has been circulating in alternative medicine circles, but modern physiology, imaging, and clinical practice give us many strong lines of evidence that the heart is indeed a pressure-generating pump (though not a simple mechanical piston). Let’s break it down: ...

When Rudolf Steiner was pressed to suggest a more appropriate mechanical image for the heart than a pump, Steiner replied that the closest “machine” to the heart is a hydraulic ram. A hydraulic ram is a device that is primarily placed in flowing water; it holds the water in a holding tank behind its ...

Ok, so, from Anthroposophical perspective, attempting to save children dying from cancer by trying to find a cure by using scientific methods is condemned as “materialistic” , and asking the SS Initiates why would not they help to find such cure by sharing their advanced knowledge is condemned as “la ...

a state of nebulous oneness with the Cosmos does not afford any living insights. Ok but I’m asking again: where are the actual practical outcomes of these living insights? Where are the discoveries of new medical knowledge to cure cardiovascular diseases? For example, any drugs that could dissolve t ...

You haven't heard of Anthroposophical medicine , biodynamic agriculture , and Waldorf education , to name a few? Yes I looked through them. And what groundbreaking scientific discoveries they bring! It’s really worth reading for anyone curious about the practical outcomes of SS. For example, look a ...

Stranger likely will have his own take on this question - Mine would be that rich spiritual traditions describe multiple approaches including the two you're describing here. Secular nonduality (like Rupert Spira) might suggest that your second approach is really a natural result of your first ...

On the other hand, modern initiation leads us into the meaningful flow of interfering spiritual activity, which is structuring the present evolutionary process. We are always experiencing such interfering intents in the growing movements of our imaginative process, yet our attention is normally ...

Let’s imagine two tourists visiting Paris. One tries to follow the perceptions of the buildings, gains spatial intuition of what is where, and so on. The other says, “This is all fine, but you are missing something: There’s also the mysterious quality of Parisness.” Regarding the view of A, this may ...

I don't see why you view it as "fierce opposition". It is a genuine question to try and understand what you are pointing toward in this other approach. Of course, we are all skeptical that this - "we simultaneously attain intuitive insights into the inner worlds of other beings and allow ourselves ...

What prevents this 'other approach' from transducing its intuitive insights into precise symbolic concepts (acting as anchor points) for the lawful interrelations of the inner worlds of other beings, such that we elucidate the lawful dynamics of the familiar sensory spectrum (which is like an ...