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- First Live, then Philosophize
Embodied and Psychological Engagement with the World All experience is found in our Being’s manifestation within the present moment, in the specific actualization stemming from … - Nostalgia Over Past Modes of Being
The schemas that once provided optimal for navigation past situations, may not prove successful to novel situations, and the accommodation of them to include more … - Genetic Epistemology’s Implications
Jean Piaget’s framework and terminology of understanding infant and childhood development can be extrapolated for usage in cooperation with the discoveries within many other domains. … - Philosophical Solutions to Psychologically Rooted Problems
Often people sing the song of modern neuroscientists, that mental issues are representative of actual chemical imbalances and physiological abnormalities. Thus, to fix neural problems, …Continue reading Philosophical Solutions to Psychologically Rooted Problems
- Pragmatic Benefit of the Hard-Deterministic Worldview
Is there a pragmatic truth to viewing people like “robots”? Can we optimally navigate the world with a worldview characterized by a belief in hard-determinism, …Continue reading Pragmatic Benefit of the Hard-Deterministic Worldview
- Primacy of Dissatisfaction
Is there anything in biological action that cannot be explained by dissatisfaction? Beneath every action, every intention, every present moment experience, there is a desire, … - Critique of Social Justice and Critical Theory
Popularization of social justice in recent times has had profound effects upon the totality of culture and society across the world. Its intentions are pure, …Continue reading Critique of Social Justice and Critical Theory
- The Hedonist Expansion Problem
There’s a multitude of factors that result in the overwhelming pursuit of hedonistic lifestyles in the postmodern era, here we’ll look at those that are … - The “Why” in “Why do We Seek the Truth?”
The “why” in “why do we seek the truth” has to do with a biological desire that has been reinforced by our reward system to … - Temporalitys Affect Upon our Being
In analyzing the way temporality affects us, we can look at two phenomena which show an apparent gulf in the way we regard ourselves within … - Self-Identification Modifying Being
There is a certain mood, a manner of being, an existential modification that takes place within the self’s conceptualization of itself. If we self-identify with … - Philosophic Interpretational Structures
In the spirit of going against the common narrative, of remaining open-minded, and analyzing the optimal mode of being from which to operate within to … - Existential Ramblings and Conclusions
The problem is that we have an experience, and that experience can be better or worse. Not to mention, that experience and its contents, which … - The Problem of Being
A potential state of human inquiry is into the nature of our very being, and what it means “to be”. For many of us, if … - Does the Past Exist or Have Meaning?
The past informs the being which you currently find yourself as embodying, it creates potentialities which in their actualization inform the modification of your ascertained … - Navigating Misfortune
In regards to the situation in which an individual appears to encounter misfortune at every turn, we don’t have enough context to accurately specify the … - The Moral Upper Limit of Responsibility
While the adoption of responsibility and discipline in one’s life may appear to be beneficial to the individual, which it surely is, there exists a … - Inclination Towards Authenticity in Recognition of Manifesting the Persona
The persona is that which we present through the embodiment of an underlying archetypal pattern of Being when we want someone to like us, it …Continue reading Inclination Towards Authenticity in Recognition of Manifesting the Persona
- What United the Great Men: Orwell, Solzhenitsyn, Frankl
What drives men to pursue philanthropy, men like Orwell, or Solzhenitsyn, or Viktor Frankl to expose the world’s travesties, to put human suffering on display …Continue reading What United the Great Men: Orwell, Solzhenitsyn, Frankl
- Forbearance and Abstinence Based on Human Potentiality to Overcome Suffering
Russian prisoners who survived the Gulag Archipelago, Jewish prisoners in German prison camps as depicted in Man’s Search for Meaning, African slaves, prisoners of war …Continue reading Forbearance and Abstinence Based on Human Potentiality to Overcome Suffering
- On Abortion – Political / Moral / Personal
Here I wish to give a conclusive account of my view on abortion. Due to the complexity of the topic a full extrapolation of the … - “What Your Mind Creates is Not to be Trusted”
Here I’m going to rephrase this truth claim as, “arising mental phenomena isn’t an accurate representation of reality”. Here’s why. We here will be working …Continue reading “What Your Mind Creates is Not to be Trusted”
- Phenomenological Analysis of Conscious Direction
Here we wish to delineate the emergence of conscious direction in its initiating role of preceding action, for the purpose of automatic unconscious habit formations …Continue reading Phenomenological Analysis of Conscious Direction
- Intro to Psychological Classifications
Here I wish to make some remarks on the correct interpretation and usage of psychological classification methodologies, as the general application of them seems widely … - Psychological Exposure and Discipline Therapy
In order to utilize exposure therapy for psychological growth, it is necessary to first establish the psychological preconditions for such an endeavor. The conscious awareness …Continue reading Psychological Exposure and Discipline Therapy
- Phenomenology of the Spiritual Mode of Being
Here we turn our conscious gaze to the mode of being I will classify as the “Spiritual Mode of Being”. This is a general noesis, …Continue reading Phenomenology of the Spiritual Mode of Being
- Phenomenological Analysis of Vipassana Meditation Noema
While mindfulness requires diligent effort towards directing the gaze of conscious awareness towards the content of the present moment arising in consciousness, a phenomenological analysis …Continue reading Phenomenological Analysis of Vipassana Meditation Noema
- On the Phenomenological Mode of Being Itself
We unconsciously shift modes of being as ever changing circumstances prompt the direction of our essential Being. We all are unconsciously shifting from state to …Continue reading On the Phenomenological Mode of Being Itself
- On Phenomenology – Continued
Mindfulness in its traditional application is a mode of being in which the practitioner becomes aware of the awareness of consciousness in the present moment, … - Phenomenological Bracketing, Analysis, and Insights Gleamed
We begin a phenomenological analysis by bracketing all that is included in the transcendent domain of experience, as that which is wholly external to the …Continue reading Phenomenological Bracketing, Analysis, and Insights Gleamed
- On the Phenomenology of Desire and the Necessity of Suffering
In reference to our subjective experience of the content of the present moment perception available to us through mindfulness, we can discover that the content …Continue reading On the Phenomenology of Desire and the Necessity of Suffering
- Husserl’s Terminology
Nous – means mind, or Jungian psyche, so it is the general base for our subjective experiencing, which contains different components which themselves can be … - Writing and Conversation Terminology
(Reddit Question: Do you speak in conversation the same way you speak in your writing?) No, I don’t speak verbally the same way I write, … - Knowns Unknowns and Unknown Knowns
I wish to make a few distinctions between certain concepts such as “known unknown” and “unknown known” within two different contextual frameworks. The first is … - Buying, Building, and Overcoming
I bought hell, built the stairway to heaven and continued onward. Through the sale of my soul, through the relinquishing of my conscience, from the … - On My Use of Religious Terminology
My use of religious terminology is at its core extremely blasphemous, yet I use it in a way which is perceived as authentic for its … - Phenomenology of Enantiodromia
There is room for a phenomenological examination into the presence of enantiodromia, in reference to the Jungian and Neumann’s determination of the concept, and their … - On the Phenomenological Method
The phenomenologists method of discovering the in itself of an object within consciousness (any phenomena) isn’t properly explained through an empirical or rational methodology, but … - Mindfulness and Phenomenology
Mindfulness and Phenomenology Here I wish to delineate several related terms to better differentiate their usage and respective attributes. The terms in question are that … - Agent Based Morality, Consequentialism, and Wisdom Ethics
Instrumental to the formation of morality is the admission that the concept of morality is resting upon the axiom that we are, by being moral, …Continue reading Agent Based Morality, Consequentialism, and Wisdom Ethics
- Trivium based Composite of Dualism and Solipsism
In reference to a type of philosophical system that argues for solipsism but at the same time dualism, there hasn’t been any substantial work towards …Continue reading Trivium based Composite of Dualism and Solipsism
- On Sharing Our Beliefs
On the subject of disclosing a simplistic conceptualization of our basic alignments, we should not do so out of ignorance, inexperience or lack of analysis, … - Political Theory – Hegelian Dialectic and Personal Responsibility
When it comes to politics we ought not be so inclined to automatically choosing sides or adhering to dogmatic ideologies, as every issue holds contradictory …Continue reading Political Theory – Hegelian Dialectic and Personal Responsibility
- Training and Challenges
The challenge is the training, and the training is the challenge. In any area we wish to improve, we must push ourselves past what we … - On Stoicism
The deeds we do which portray ourselves in a positive light, the things we do that we’re proud of, can oftentimes be diminished in their … - On Broad and Specific Knowledge
The true adherents to a specific philosophical school or philosopher, are few and far between in reference to any single domain. Specialists always have a … - How to Save Buddhism from Fading Away
It appears as if the Buddhist population, at least that identify is so, is dwindling in proportion to the total population, and I fear the … - On Certainty
We often times will speak with certainty towards opinions and conclusions we have come to, we make truth claims about reality based on our subjective … - On Judging
On the question of whether we should judge someone, or should we judge someone based on their past, the question itself is a non-starter. We … - On Desire
That which produces the totality of our dissatisfaction, which produces our suffering and our problems in life, that which is underlying any trouble we may … - On Accrediting “Novel” Ideas
There are philosophical schools of thought, grand intuitions, and discovered intellectual formulations which we credit the totality of to the one individual who popularized the … - Dialectical Methodology in Conscious Advancement
Conscious satisfaction with our current state of understanding, character, mode of Being, and progression towards values limits us in our ability to manifest our potentiality. …Continue reading Dialectical Methodology in Conscious Advancement
- Heideggerian Overview, Personal Interpretation, and Terminology
Heidegger set out to question what it means to “be”, what it means to be a Being, and what constitutes such a phenomenon. He took …Continue reading Heideggerian Overview, Personal Interpretation, and Terminology
- On Coping With Existential Guilt
How is one to escape from the suffering and consummation of one’s character inflicted by the memory and assimilation of one’s own historical malevolence and … - Criticism of Absurdism and how to Escape The Absurd
The error with duality, and with certain philosophies, specifically absurdism, is the fundamental claim that humans are somehow distinct and separate from the universe. To distinguish …Continue reading Criticism of Absurdism and how to Escape The Absurd
- Value System Instantiation, Meaning Pursuance, and Progress through Overcoming Difficulty
Part of the fundamental problem we have as biological beings is the gap between our values and the production of meaningful solutions to the novel … - On the Sick Mind and its Alleviation
There is certain distinct characteristics unique to the sick man’s mind, which are deducible from a phenomenological analysis of the content of his experience, both … - Projection and Recognition of Jungian Archetypes and other Psychological Classificatory Structures
While Plato’s Forms provides an explanation for our limited conceptualization abilities in how the conceptualization is related to the collective co-understanding of phenomena, it lacks … - Universal Existentialism, Its Manifestations, Absurdism, Solipsism
All humans follow a philosophical existentialist doctrine, whether or not they recognizing or fully become conscious of it. It isn’t a necessary precondition to meaning …Continue reading Universal Existentialism, Its Manifestations, Absurdism, Solipsism
- On Duty
Duties were originally conceived through evolutionary means, as modes of encouraging action which serve to benefit the individual, family, group, or species survival and propagation. … - It’s A Wild World, The Answer to the Absurd Conundrum
Since I was young I have been saying “it’s a crazy world” in that the unexpected, the irrational, the unknown, always seems find a way …Continue reading It’s A Wild World, The Answer to the Absurd Conundrum
- The Causal Tethers Which Bind Us
Things are the way they are. The present moment is the universe manifesting itself now. Everything is conditioned, everything is predetermined. Meaning: everything requires certain … - Primitive Symbolic Differentiation
The original symbols of good and bad, before language, in primitive humans, developed out of the organism’s ability to decipher what is beneficially useful, and … - Precursor to Wisdom Ethics
Wisdom is a value, a virtue, to be attained by increasing exposure to a wider range of conscious states, experiences, situations, cultures, positions, professions, and … - What it means to be Conscious
Consciousness developed to impose order on the increasingly complex and chaotic mechanisms at work in the human organism, and the chaotic environment in which we … - Conscious Employment of the Unconscious
An unbalanced psyche in the direction of overwhelming conscious direction to action will unerringly result in an overwhelmed psychic state. A clear distinction must here … - Personal Ideal form of an Integrated Individualized Psyche from Which Further Exploration Would Most Optimally Stem From
In attempting to describe an integrated psyche, the information given in a description are necessarily subjectively determined, and limited by the use of language. As … - Basic Moral Realism
Is it possible for humans to have multiple philosophical structures or methods which are morally equal? From a moral relativist point of view, this is … - Basic Archetypal Emergence in Ancient History, Historical Conscious Development, and Individuation
There are archetypal artifacts of deep evolutionary developed psychologically stages which are common collectively in all humans, which were first explicitly expressed in their symbolic … - Intro to Phenomenology of Action, Spontaneity and Conscious Directedness
Just because you have a perfect abstract knowledge of good and evil doesn’t mean you act from that knowledge. In our individual case we never …Continue reading Intro to Phenomenology of Action, Spontaneity and Conscious Directedness
- On Drug Use and Legalization
People must fulfill their sensual desires, so they can realize they do not provide lasting happiness, and desire instead an inner peace not dependent on … - Benefits of Mindfulness
Spiritual progress and expertise in meditation is a skill that can only be developed and cultivated with practice. Practice takes time, repetition, effort, concentration. It … - Basic Advaita Vedanta Meditation
I think the main confusion people have with understanding the self is in the understanding of consciousness and its contents, which is where you would … - Basic Vipassana and Samatha Meditation
Here I want to give a quick differentiation of two basic types of traditional methods of meditation, Vipassana and Samatha. Samatha meditation is concentration meditation, … - Basic Dharma Explanation
Everything in existence is preconditioned. Everything that exists in the present moment, exists only in that present moment, in the next moment it is not … - On Contentment
Is it good to always be content, or is it good to not be content so as to strive to better yourself or the lives … - Biological Function of Consciousness and the Ability of Directed Intentionality Towards Psychological Improvement
Here we are using the traditional form of the term “consciousness” in its conventional usage, and wish to expound upon its arising from a strictly … - The Self, Non Self, Illusion of Free Will, Objectivity of Morality
If there is a soul/self then these are its properties – it is the accumulation of every aspect of human experience, it is that which …Continue reading The Self, Non Self, Illusion of Free Will, Objectivity of Morality
- Dunning Kruger Effect upon the Totality of the Set of Knowledge in One’s Life Span
The Dunning Kruger effect can be applied to the totality of knowledge in any given domain, as well as the knowledge we have in relation …Continue reading Dunning Kruger Effect upon the Totality of the Set of Knowledge in One’s Life Span
- How an Increase in Knowledge Can Produce an Increase in Sorrow
Ecclesiastes “He who increases knowledge increases sorrow.” As we learn more about the travesties, malevolence, and evil acts commit across history, the more we come …Continue reading How an Increase in Knowledge Can Produce an Increase in Sorrow
- The Importance of Intentionality and the Decline of the Beneficiality of Religious Morality
Although our modern societies have arisen from Judeo-Christian, eastern religion, and ancient philosophical influences, it is still entirely possible for an individual to abstain from … - Fire, the Self, and the Spiritual Journey
Fire is a good metaphorical representation for reality, as well as for all the phenomena occurring in human consciousness. Fire gives a clear visual in … - Magic and Alchemical Wisdom, The Philosopher’s Stone
Magic. Turn evil to good. Turn an impure life into a pure one. Turn animal into god. Create change in accordance with desire. Strong wisdom …Continue reading Magic and Alchemical Wisdom, The Philosopher’s Stone
- “Truth Claims” and their Corollaries
The truth of an object in itself is not possible, being the limited perceptive beings that we are, we can never fully experience the truth … - Phenomenology of Thinking About Thinking
The noema, or content of conscious experience as being aware of the thought “thinking about thinking” can be captivating and entrapping to a mind who … - Dependent Origination (Buddhist Conditionality)
You are born in ignorance, you don’t know or understand reality (objective understanding), how to react to experience (reciprocity), or how to conduct yourself in …Continue reading Dependent Origination (Buddhist Conditionality)
- Safeguarding Against Nihilism in the Absence of Religion
When something is no longer useful, it ceases being used. When something becomes known as being more useful, it necessarily will replace the outdated version …Continue reading Safeguarding Against Nihilism in the Absence of Religion
- Four Jhanas of Buddhism
There are certain states of mind that are exclusively experienced through the use of meditation, each one building upon the last, manifesting themselves out of … - Three Marks of Existence and Character Development Using Buddhism
In the traditional Theravadan Buddhist tradition, it is commonly told that every moment can potentially be a moment for practice, for training. This practice is …Continue reading Three Marks of Existence and Character Development Using Buddhism
- Ego Management
The ego is a conceptualization of ourselves that takes place in the form of a story, and is manifest in many aspects of our existence. … - Faith, Belief, and Their Application to Buddhist Teachings
Faith is defined in many different ways, but the most prominent definition is of complete trust or confidence. In terminology that is less religious, it …Continue reading Faith, Belief, and Their Application to Buddhist Teachings
- Benefit of Self-Analysis of Belief Structures
Our biases or culturally and epoch based opinions we consider normal, may not have always been normal. Look at what you think is normal, as …Continue reading Benefit of Self-Analysis of Belief Structures
- Ignorance in Respect to the Universe Outside of Our Visual Field
We cannot see the entire universe. Only what is within the visible horizon. We see galaxies far away, moving away from us, a red shift …Continue reading Ignorance in Respect to the Universe Outside of Our Visual Field
- Intro to FallibilismDivine supernatural elements, even when derived using a logical and rational scientific method, are still theories, and you shouldn’t believe them to be infallibly true, …
- The Miraculous Nature of Our Current Condition
The universe is mostly empty space, as far as material things (not atomically or energy wise), it is filled with stars and galaxies made up …Continue reading The Miraculous Nature of Our Current Condition
- Sunyata (Emptiness)
Feelings, consciousness, matter, thought, in short, Being, and Reality, are all empty. They are all impermanent and do not exist independently. They all depend on … - Correct Speech
Be wise and discerning in sharing yourself, understand the audience, and their perspective. Many things people won’t be able to understand, or they will judge … - Utilization of the WillThe will of the individual is always the same unchanging desire throughout life, but how you achieve what you will, and what you are willing, …
- Theory of Differentiated 4th Dimension
For any given extension of space relative to any other extension of Space, there are four dimensions intuitable at play, and possibly more, according to … - Aristotelian Virtue Ethics
Aristotle set out in his Nicomachean Ethics to define the optimal means and the ends of human life. In doing this he posited a fourfold …
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