Publication date for Peter Kingsley's fourth book, A STORY WAITING TO PIERCE YOU, has been announced for November 2010. I look forward eagerly to this...
... How does one know for certain that there is 'meaningless' in existence? Now don't go telling me that I am thinking the opposite and that I am arguing for...
Ants interest me,always have. Tiny individuals acting like one in a hostile world. Much like working class humans they toil and die only to be replaced by...
... I really like this...and the story of Andy and his artifacts. It points to the difficulty of achieving an open mind when there is a continuum of given...
William, Eistensialism and other modalities that emphasize human individuality, and human freedom would be wise to be aware of their eternal opponent, the...
... The german high command had tribal loyalties on their side as did the bushido Japanese. In a melting pot society true segregation is often used. Irish and...
Hi again Rusty, A few weeks ago, you presented to us a distinction between two types of meaning: meaning-taken and meaning-given. Here are some of the things...
Jim, Rusty, et al., I am going to proffer another view altogether that I am sure will be considered controversial. The basic assumption that I see here, and...
Jim, I recall you saying that you cannot do otherwise than to be kind. Do you think perhaps that kindness is not so much an objective value but rather a habit....
Jim, how correct you are,your post was of no worth to me. A central tenant of existentialism is the absence of meaning. You violate that and we both know why....
Good modernist thinking seems a centerpiece of the recently released Obama space program. Now if you live in Texas or Florida and are a republican I would...
Good modernist thinking seems a centerpiece of the recently released Obama space program. Now if you live in Texas or Florida and are a republican I would...
Wil, Yes, I certainly get the general thrust of what you are saying and I find what you say both insightful and illuminating. Let me focus on this paragraph: ...
Mary, Thank you for your post. I agree it is good to listen attentively and slow ourselves down so sensitivity and perceptiveness develop, and also to be...
Jim, Yes, man is an ape, but an ape that has over the course of evolution added the option of reason and imagination on top of the older sensory, motor,...
... Wil, I agree that reality is portrayed in an emergent totality of concepts. One such level which deserves inquiry is that of experience itself or the...
Mary, I can certainly notice a very interesting evolution in your thoughts since you got into Bohm.I think you are in a growth phase. You wrote here I think a...
I remember the long struggle with the neuroscientist. I hope this mentioning does not release the gorgon.He created a crushing jargon that led to further...
Jim, Thanks again. You're right, at some point all analogies break down. My point, of course, was that one finds, as it were, a greater reality at further...
Mary, I am a musician. There are moments when, in an improvisational setting, I play without thinking, in the usual sense of the term. I used to call such...
In the Sunday papers I read an article about a study that says the traditional stretching before athletics are harmful . Now that is heresy and violates...
I have to say, Bill, I never could figure...When I played sports in school I was the guy that never got injured. I played a lot, and played pretty hard. I...
Yes I have read Promethius Rising, but its been a while. Peace, Tom ... From: fictiveparrot To: existlist@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 4:24 PM ...
Hi Wil, ... The main criticism I have of what you write here, and in your follow-up piece, is that you appear to conflate what is true with what is real. It is...
Hello Polly, I anticipated that some would not agree, and that's okay. You are correct that what I am proffering here has a certain family resemblance with...
... Bookdoc, I never figured you for a jock. "Right' would preclude you know everything about some subject. To me that is flat impossible. Like you I do not...
