The Encyclopedia Britannica provides the following: "any of the various philosophies dating from about 1930 that have in common an interpretation of human...
Here's an essay about the necessity for PROVEN TRUTH. We may be complacent, frustrated, and even convinced there is no such thing as proven truth, but we must...
Life is simple. I occurs to me that it should be possible to put one's personal manifesto on only one page ... the old 500 word or less essay. We tend to make...
Hi, I am new here but currently going through an existential dilema of sorts and wonder if anyone could help me sort this out. About 7 years ago, I had read...
Eduard, Since when have critical thinking and reading comprehension been banished. I too read that long diatribe and had feelings for the sanity of the author...
Eduard, belief int he afterlife is a question of faith, i believe. Its like the classis 'leap int he dark' thing. Belief in the now is fine, but the question...
One of the shocking statements of The Blue Rose Project is that everyone participates in evil acts through simple mimicry. The victim is as responsible as the...
shari, I believe that there is an invisible pink elephant who created and controls the universe. You either believe or you don't. If you don't think/believe...
In keeping with the spirit of introducing or discussing newer books, has anyone here read these? You can find synopses and critiques of them anywhere on line....
Humankind is the frail perception of ontological value and reducibility. In the mind we are reducible to minutiae circumstances relative to the real values...
I thought I would put a few more words on this subject consciousness. According to dictionary.com the word "conscious": 1.. Having an awareness of one's...
I still keep thinking about that photo of the earth and moon, taken by the Mars orbiter. Somewhere on that small blue ball, is Iron Blinds. One can hardly...
Mary Jo et al, What is your take on dreams as a means of evaluating our existence?? When I manage to fall asleep, I have dreams of minute detail. Like last...
Words Smile an everlasting smile A smile could bring you near to me Don't ever let me find you gone 'Cause that would bring a tear to me This world has lost...
Here are some thoughts expressed through the dialectic of poetry, using unassuming language. Poetry is often best read aloud. The Day We Put on Our Skin once...
her eyes reach across a beaded dress wind blow rippled perseverance violent tear drops an open seer pressed against the wall flaming reservist burn away the...
eduard, "An Appointment" - a poem by William Butler Yeats Being out of heart with government I took a broken root to fling Where the proud, wayward squirrel...
I have decided to go to the moon. Well, not exactly tomorrow ... but some day. I realise that this news may be a shock to some of you, however, a man's gotta...
eduard, It's the idea of potential everything that isn't apparent - becoming something that is apparent. Obviously we know the definition of the word, but I...
Your most recent post contained ideas, real ideas. The content pertaining to individual consciousness was especially cogent. The many mind meld concepts are...
It occurs to me that people are into philosophy, because of a hope that therein they will find some kind of direction in life. On the whole it really does not...
I had the rare and dangerous opportunity to have an extended conversation with a cellmate of John Gacy. We`ll call him Cohab. He was a bad ass con, violent,...
Morbidity has always interested me. Pathology is a fascinating subject. Even inflamation which can be viewed as defense mechanism has relation to a physical...
Maryjo and Eduard, I read your discussion on chaos and related matters with some manner of calm appreciation. It has been some time since the list portrayed...
When we are born we begin to die..."(SP)Hamlet If we can not conjecture on the possibilities of God, then we should contemplate the theory and the source of...
Eduard, that was a fine post and Lawrence was a supurb movie. What happned to Alaurens in the city would send me to the desert. The "clean order" he spoke of...
We began in pure energy, we will end in hypercondensed matter. In the long in between we exist, ponder and die. Can anything be more absurd than a beginning...
