Unfortunately I don't quite follow your argument, it makes references that assume a background education in classical philosophy and an understanding of...
Landon: The bottom line - it is self-evident for me that the external world reflects a man's internal world in some way. This is true, but not by replacing "in...
Restless Mind Syndrome July 26, 2010 Many of us laughed over TV ads offering a cure for ‘Restless Leg Syndrome’ which may exist, but a ‘pill to cure...
Dear Christopher, That's right: the fool in this sense is a fool to the people around him, who believe that he is being a fool unconsciously. He's what is...
... In fact, much of your argument appears disconnected to the initial point I was making. The specific example of a "lie detector test" was ultimately...
I definitely agree, of course it is not "in an absolute sense", because if it was then I'm sure it would be considered common knowledge like the sky is blue. ...
I agree with the stuff you said here. "In some way" might be fungible, but I purposefully tried to loosen my meaning. I meant simply that I have sensed a...
Internet Replacing Christianity July 27, 2010 Most churches are havens for social networking. All the sermons are at best talk that one can find anywhere on...
A Marine's rap that cuts to the chase of freedom!     Powered by   * Please note, the sender's email address has not been verified.    Whoa. ...
The positive changes in society, the freedoms we possess, the equality gained by women and minorities and those on the "bottom rungs" of the social order,...
I agree and sincerely. However, there is one small problem, All of History. And there is one large problem. Living Systems. Nature is not an idealist, at...
Q: So, Dr. Smith, how would science or any other discipline prove a negative? The possibility that science is unable to "prove" that teleology cannot coopt the...
... There is another folk wisdom, called "magical thinking" by psychologists and others, which may or may not be aligned with what you term a "thread." As you...
I had personal experience with many in Santa Monica who needed a place to stay. Some stayed in my spiritual community in Venice. Generally, they are very...
... Violence, historically, seems to merely effect certain rates of change. It is rather periods of enlightenment where the most change occurs. Wherein, it ...
My comments about these "threads of connection" were all clearly related to psychology and self-knowledge. In no place did I suggest that this thread was...
Window One: Self image has been important as it reflects back to us from external reality, but rarely is the image neutral. The making of self-image is more...
Ok, if what you're focusing exclusively on re "thread within, without, --> self awareness" is the "physical level," what Kant termed "empirical self...
... This in part may be more directly developed in an environment richer in causal tracings or definite continua of awareness (rather than in a more fractious...
Fear, Denial, & Laughter July 28, 2010 Seriousness is a disease that causes many ailments to put life on crutches, or on hold. Life lived with transparency and...
Regarding a possible call for change to get beyond "business as usual," regarding the giant red cats that block a passage while holding the signs of "fear" and...
'Kaput' To Broken Love  July 29, 2010 According to the Wiktionary, kaput means broken, useless and no longer working or effective. After the main course of...
Plato`s Good, True and Beautiful relates with noted Trinitarian logic; where Window One pertains to what is Beautiful, Window Two relates to the True, the Good...
Cast out fears of love, and the denial of them, and your true self to the winds! Don’t let love become a cage that causes you to exploit the other with...
Love and peace is the essence of Islam. It doesn't matter who you are or whether you choose to 'slip out the back door' of Islam! {There are actually a small...