Philosophy
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Marx Embraced Capitalism
The above title may sound strange to some people. Didn’t Karl Marx hate capitalism and seek its overthrow? Yes, he did, but he also saw it as a needed step on the way…
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Do Christians Really Believe in Free Will?
Allan Watts asked the question, many of us do, “Are humans free beings or determined beings?” Christians maintain that human beings have free will, however corrupted and fallen we are. On the other…
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Quantum Physics and Intelligent Design
In my last article I explored the philosopher and mystic, Alan Watts’ view of intelligence in the universe. He defined intelligence as patterning. claiming there were two types of patterning: Organic and Mechanical.…
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The Universe is Intelligence Itself
I was listening to a talk by Alan Watts the other day and he asked the question, “How do we know if there is intelligence in the universe? What are its signs?” Watts…
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Carl Jung on the Dangers of Modernity
I was in a discussion with fellow Medium writer, Graham Pemberton, over why Carl Jung had refused to meet with the Indian Holy Man, Ramana Maharshi, while he was in India in the…
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Nothing “Really” Matters
Notice the word in parenthesis (it wouldn’t let me italicize it) “Really”. That word, generally, adds nothing to a sentence. For example, instead of saying, “He is a really good person, we should…
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Ken Wilber’s Pre/Trans Fallacy
One of Integral philosopher, Ken Wilber’s, most important contributions to philosophy is his concept of the Pre/Trans Fallacy. Before this fallacy, mystical states of oneness were dismissed by modern rational people as a…
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The Wise Universe
When I refer to a “Wise Universe” I mean there is an intelligence that underlies the whole shebang. Our Modern Conditioning In our modern world, we are trained to see the universe has…
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What Living in the Now Means
There are a lot of misconceptions about what “Being or Living in the Now” means. For one thing, a lot of people think Being in the Now means just acting on any whim…
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The Bardo of Becoming
We have now just about come full circle. We started out with the bardo of this life, and now we are at the final bardo of the six bardo series, the bardo of…
