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Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Going beyond the split set up by the intellect

"Even the belief in two realities - which states that things are there for all practical purposes, but ultimately they are not found so - is a split set up by the intellect; Yet from that time onwards when something made its presence felt, it has remained in the range that passes the intellect. This... Sign in to see full entry.

Humans as Apes

This title may sound a bit disturbing in a blog on Spirituality but I think we need to take cognisance of certain traits inherent in our humanness that are all too often ignored, especially by the followers of religious and anti religious fanatics. In any troop of baboons or pride of lions or any... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Attacked with the Bible

Phew!!! I've just been corresponding with a writer on another blogging site about peace and cooperation between people of diverse ideologies and beliefs. This person quoted numerous verses from the Bible in a very attacking way, which she denies. Amongst others she said that it is written in the... Sign in to see full entry.

The Lost Son

Science, the child of the search for the divine in nature has all but abandoned it's roots. In the late 15th and early 16th centuries a revolution in religious thinking swept across Europe to change the hidden face of religion forever and usher into the world a child that would grow up to become a... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, September 1, 2008

Here I part ways with Trendy Science

I have great respect for scientists, philosophers and people in general who can weave their way intelligently through arguments in a logically consistent manner, regardless of their chosen view of life, and who are at the same time human enough to acknowledge their own humanness and can have empathy... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Stepping out of Spiritual Dogmatism

If you have grown up in a specific tradition and you find that there are other views of life that makes more sense to you personally there are various experiences you go through and possibilities open to you. My aim with this article is not to debase any particular tradition, nor to say all... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, August 29, 2008

Toying with Materialism

What is materialism? - The belief that nothing exists but matter. If nothing but matter exists, our thoughts, emotions and mental images either do not exists or they consist of matter. Since I'm writing down thoughts as they occur, I'll assume thoughts exist, for the sake of this argument and they... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Two Truths

If Truth is what we are after, we need to know just what truth is. Some people will answer with somebodies name or the name of a specific religion or other point of view. Such statements may carry the intent to convey a whole plethora of arguments that the speaker believes to represent what is true... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Do you want to be saved or adored?

When life is difficult people yearn to be saved. When they have it easy, they yearn to be adored. Those who seek adoration are the ones who need saving and those who live in spite of the difficulties they face deserve to be adored. Isn't life strange? Sign in to see full entry.

Skinning Skinner and other Evolved Manimals

Frederic Skinner proposed a theory of Psychology that differed from all other theorists at the time in his insistence that events "inside" the person are inaccessible to science. He argued that only behavior can be scientifically (so-called objectively) studied and left the world of emotion and... Sign in to see full entry.

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