Tag: spirituality
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Competence is sexy.
There is a young man I know that is currently striking out to make his mark in the world. The world. Its a tough gig. Especially when seeking councel amidst the Cat 5 shitstorm of online influencers. The most dangerous and self-harming thing you can do as a man is to adopt the persona of…
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Less wired, more weird.
I don’t talk about it much here anymore, but I’m still enthusiastically exploring alternate deep routes. Trying to grok the suchness of life. For example, here are my current views on a range of anomalous phenomena rated from 1 ( exceedingly unlikely) to 10 (exceedingly likely verging on veridical). Of course, this is a high-level,…
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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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Scoping Near Death Experience
As you may know, I have an interest in the topic of near death experiences (NDEs). I believe there is now enough evidence in the scientific literature as well as enough quality first-person accounts to suggest some form of veridical experience occurs in the first few minutes of cardiac arrest (we cannot know further out…
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