Philosophical Speculations

So I still don’t quite understand exactly what I’m misunderstanding here. Basically, this is how I see it: Intellectual thinking attempts to grasp the totality of reality with the help of mental models, in the sense of a "formula for the world". As you correctly pointed out, this primarily involves ...

“A chess game in progress is a cosmos unto itself, fully insulated from an infant’s cry, an erotic invitation, or war.” – David Shenk Characteristic Insights Attained from Meditation Meditation awakens the soul from dreaming through fragmented mental pipelines into more integrated states of lucid na ...

“People who want to improve should take their defeats as lessons... You must also have the courage of your convictions. If you think your move is good, make it." — José Raúl Capablanca Navigating Initial Obstacles to Meditation After experimenting with a few meditative exercises, it is helpful to co ...

Fence Sitting Upon the Path: An individual may wonder to himself, "why have I yet to perceive the spiritual world, though I have endeavored to take up those exercises which should reveal it to me?" One answer to this question can be found by acknowledging that one has yet to make a concerted effort ...

Yes, a major problem is that I haven’t dealt with this essay series and topic for quite some time now, so the whole thing has sort of faded into the background. When I look back at my previous posts, I realize that I used to grasp or understand the problem more clearly than I do now. I think that m ...

Have I understood the problem fully and correctly overall? If not, where is my mistake or misunderstanding? Don't sugar coat anything. Be as honest as possible. I really want to make and be sure that I fully understand the problem thoroughly. Hi Kaje, I would like to offer a few brief thoughts ...

" Much of what separates the great from the very good is deep presence, relaxation of the conscious mind, which allows the unconscious to flow unhindered. "— Josh Waitzkin, IM Concentration as Intuitive Alignment and Coupling Previously, we began exploring the skill of imaginative concentration as a ...

At least until you seriously and equanimously consider what I presented today in the post above with Klocek's YT video - which I invite anyone to watch, for at least five minutes from the timestamp. At that timestamp, Klocek is doing a great job of pointing to exactly what I have been saying: that ...

You also don’t seem to draw any food for introspection from the fact that, to support this attitude, you have to override a huge share of Steiner’s own work (you boldly wrote: “ I am opposed to what Steiner is doing in some of his lectures ”); you have to ignore Cleric’s explicit intention for the f ...

Also, for the record, you are sharing an example from Cleric where the very first sentences are - " Alas, it’s not that easy to approach that question. There are so many preconceived patterns of thinking that have to be reimagined . For example, instead of simply asking the question, we can start by ...