Tag: philosophy
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This deranged age.
When I was in High School there was a popular educational TV science show called ‘Why Is It So?” that was hosted by Professor Julius Sumner Miller (here is a clip from the show). I remember in one episode he asked his panel of smartypants students why it was NOT possible to have a universal…
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What is consciousness?
A very interesting interview with the neuroscientist Marjorie Woollacott that explores the possibility that consciousness may not reside in the brain.
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Lost? Good!
Here is today’s video recommendation. Don’t be put off by the “THIS SPIRITUAL FILM WILL AWAKEN YOU” spiel. I won’t give any spoilers. Just take it for a spin As usual, I recommend putting aside a few minutes to simmer into it rather than just including it in any impatient FOMO scroll.
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Exploring Idealism: Books and Interviews on Consciousness and Reality
Live the questions now. Maybe in the future, gradually, without noticing, one day away, you will live the answers. —Rainer Maria Rilke, ‘Be Patient’ I am a huge fan of the philosopher Bernardo Kastrup.His stance is that the world as we perceive it is not made of solid material ‘stuff’ existing out there whilst we…
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The Illusion Paradox: Exploring the Thin Veneer of Truth in a World of Illusions
Out on our morning walk.Wow. Someone has gone to the trouble of stencilling this on their driveway. Perhaps they felt it would be useful reminder squinting out through their ice-scraped windshield as they back out into a freezing Canberra morning. In a world gone mad, it curves a half-smile across my sagging colon to think…
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We do.
Nothing we do can stop time’s passage and all the things that keep happening that we don’t want, like aging and loss. Even with a very deep and well-established practice that has grown new neurons and reduced stress and accomplished everything else that scientific studies promise, even then we still touch the sadness of life.…
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Near death experiences and a change in worldview
Hans Zingmark (a pulmonologist) and Anetth Granberg-Axell (a retired physician) wanted to examine the worldview-altering impact of near-death experiences (NDEs) amongst a group of survivors of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) in Sweden. Suspending their judgements on whether NDEs are veridical, they wanted to study these reports from a phenomenological perspective. That is, they felt that…
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