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1 Brother James

['Member']Joined: April 24, 2021 at 23:08Last active: April 10, 2022 at 17:003 discussions38 comments
Location: U.S.

Bio

AA, AB. MA, MS, Ph.D., and all of it necessary to "learn" that Knowledge cannot be obtained by intellectual means. 40+ years as a Gestalt Psychotherapist and 49 years following a Spiritual Path called "Sant Mat".

Favourite Philosopher

Socretes, Truth

Favourite Quotations

"It is not possible to acquire Consciousness by intellectual means." Quoting myself.

Discussions (3)

Epistemology...

August 19, 2021 at 15:42 21 comments Metaphysics & Epistemology

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In: Epistemology...  — view comment
To end this discussion of Epistemology... let me simply say that for me, thinking and use of words are only useful if one is unaware of what lies behi...
August 19, 2021 at 19:54
In: Could energy be “god” ?  — view comment
"known by reason"? Let us separate Know with a capital "K", and know with a small case "k". To Know is to Know the Truth, which is quite rare. On the ...
August 19, 2021 at 19:38
In: Epistemology...  — view comment
example... the expression "I-MIND" refers to the fact that the MIND in Man is invisible to Man. However, all behavior is conditioned by the I-MIND, al...
August 19, 2021 at 19:25
In: Epistemology...  — view comment
I'm sorry, my point was that your reaction is well-taken. But my expression has taken me over three decades to learn how to articulate multiple dimens...
August 19, 2021 at 19:06
In: Epistemology...  — view comment
As for "fitting" in a "Psychiatric model," that would depend upon whose model one is referring to? My work was an extension of what Fritz Perls was in...
August 19, 2021 at 18:18
In: Epistemology...  — view comment
A person is fully justified in thinking about life, since it is one reason we have a brain. The problem is, thinking about the Reality of Life cannot ...
August 19, 2021 at 18:08
In: Epistemology...  — view comment
I mean by Delusional Thinking, or D-Think, those words, thoughts and ideas that the I-MIND feeds to the Left-Hemisphere of the brain. And the brain, u...
August 19, 2021 at 17:56
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
In life every Soul must deal with living in a body, the brain of which is incapable of experiencing the Soul "Within" that body. And if we add to this...
August 19, 2021 at 17:39
In: Epistemology...  — view comment
And your point is well-taken. It has taken me 49+years to acquire what little comprehension I do have of my own processing. And my work with people re...
August 19, 2021 at 17:09
In: Epistemology...  — view comment
Idiosyncratic would be one term to use, but would miss the essence of explaining my word usage and the difficulty of conveying phenomena that words ca...
August 19, 2021 at 17:03
In: Epistemology...  — view comment
Pure Spiritual Dimension is what I refer to as "Neutral Spiritual Energy," or "NSgy" for short. I believe this is the Primordial Energy of Existence, ...
August 19, 2021 at 16:52
In: Epistemology...  — view comment
More specifically to your question... all words are delusional in the sense that they are not Real in an absolute sense. What is Real? That which is p...
August 19, 2021 at 16:50
In: Epistemology...  — view comment
I use the term "Delusional" to suggest that the thoughts or words being fed via one's I-MIND to the Left-Hemisphere of the brain are created, thus not...
August 19, 2021 at 16:46
In: Epistemology...  — view comment
Peace, as I use it... is not the opposite of war, it is the acquisition of Truth, which ONLY exists in the Pure Spiritual Dimension. Peace
August 19, 2021 at 16:43
In: What is mysticism?  — view comment
Pardon my interference, but the term "Mysticism "is quite specific in meaning. It refers to the ability to Intuit Spiritual Truth from "Within" ones o...
August 19, 2021 at 16:40
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Intellectualism... or as I prefer to state it: "The malady of Intellectualism", is like a record player that replays a record over and over again, unt...
August 19, 2021 at 16:23
In: What is mysticism?  — view comment
I note that several posts use the term "knowledge"in the sense of information the brain can process. I personally differentiate information from Knowl...
August 19, 2021 at 16:16
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Question: How much Consciousness or Enlightenment must a person acquire before he or she awakens to the fact that philosophy is confined to use of the...
August 19, 2021 at 15:47
In: What can replace God??  — view comment
Discussion turns to argument the nearer discussion comes to a person's "unknown," which people tend to fear. That is, people tend to fear the words: "...
August 19, 2021 at 15:28
In: Could energy be “god” ?  — view comment
There are several types of energy, not just physical energy. But your point, that Energy itself might be God... is correct, although this cannot be "p...
August 19, 2021 at 15:20
In: How to stop older brother attacking baby brother  — view comment
The best way is to ask the older brother his "need" to hurt his younger brother? Do so lovingly, kindly, and with an honest desire to empathetically K...
August 18, 2021 at 21:51
In: Could Science Exist Without Philosophy? (logic and reasoning)  — view comment
The question is between two words, not what the words stand for. How has philosophy contributed to science? It matters not what a person says, but whe...
August 18, 2021 at 21:44
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Well, this is # 20, and in this little burst or out-burst of emotion, allow me to simply say that it is not possible for anyone to separate the three-...
August 18, 2021 at 21:28
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
It is both surprising and sad that so many people in America are unaware of how much fear they unknowingly possess regarding what is hidden "Within" t...
August 18, 2021 at 21:22
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
In 1977, I entered a Special Masters in Science program entitled "Counseling and Psychotherapy". And it was during this two-year program that I Awaken...
August 18, 2021 at 21:07
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
In 1971, I was Initiated into a Spiritual Path known as "Sant Mat" . This was a most meaningful event... but the extent to which it was "meaningful" r...
August 18, 2021 at 20:59
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Over the last 40 years, I have worked with a great many people who were suffering from various problems... which they could not cease repeating as unw...
August 18, 2021 at 20:49
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
About 20 years ago, I coined the term "Esochology," which stands for a return to the original meaning of the term Psychology, given to the world by th...
August 18, 2021 at 20:39
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
The most interesting thing about being an intellectual is that so few intellectuals realize just how limited the brain really is. The Whole Human Bein...
August 18, 2021 at 20:32
In: What is "the examined life"?  — view comment
In the everyday life of the intellectual there are many terms the intellectual uses which are "abstract terms". And by "abstract" I mean letters arran...
August 18, 2021 at 20:17
In: Anti-Realism  — view comment
Prior to referring to the "MIND," one might insure that one Knows that the two dimensions of the MIND are Invisible to the physical brain. That is, th...
August 18, 2021 at 20:01
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Is the term "Nihilism" applicable to that which a person has not awakened to, or should the term "Nihilism" be reserved for that which is actually non...
August 18, 2021 at 19:54
In: What is "the examined life"?  — view comment
To examine one's life begins with answering the question: Why is one alive? If one knows the reason one is alive, then what one must next examine is w...
August 18, 2021 at 19:44
In: Climate change denial  — view comment
"Phobic-D" type personality? A person whose reasoning ability is compromised by one or more intense non-conscious fear(s) deeply repressed in his or h...
August 18, 2021 at 19:09
In: Climate change denial  — view comment
Can anyone name one thing in the Creation that does not change? Is not the climate an element of the Creation? Therefore, how is it that a person woul...
August 18, 2021 at 18:55
In: Is never having the option for no option just? What are the implications?  — view comment
In the East, it is said that many Souls wanted to visit the Creation that God had Created. And that many Souls wanted nothing to do with the Creation,...
August 17, 2021 at 21:21
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Been a pleasure. Peace
August 17, 2021 at 21:10
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
What we see as "space" is the Physical Universe, which is the Physical Plane of Creation. It is quite vast, but it does end... as the Astral Plane of ...
August 17, 2021 at 21:08
In: What is mysticism?  — view comment
It finds a parallel in the term "Truth". How long has philosophy sought to prove the existence of Truth, and yet has failed to do so? And how reluctan...
August 17, 2021 at 20:52
In: What is mysticism?  — view comment
Your last sentence pretty much says it all. We are most reluctant to accept how much of Reality the physical brain cannot perceive. Peace
August 17, 2021 at 20:47
In: What is mysticism?  — view comment
It occurs to me that a clarifying label needs to be created for the field of Philosophy that sets aside as real, but rarely capable of Intuiting, cert...
August 17, 2021 at 20:46
In: What is mysticism?  — view comment
I believe that Taoism is another "Mysticism" type label. There is the term Taoism, and there is the practice which is Spiritual, or requires one to be...
August 17, 2021 at 20:38
In: What is mysticism?  — view comment
I like # 9, since what the label Mysticism refers to is the Spiritual Energy of the Soul, which I refer to as "NSgy," because of the term "Neutral". W...
August 17, 2021 at 20:26
In: What is mysticism?  — view comment
To be as clear as I would like to be, it would perhaps be helpful if I explained my view of the Whole Human Being, or WHB? I view the Whole of Man as ...
August 17, 2021 at 20:01
In: What is mysticism?  — view comment
Thanks, and "mental processing" can mean the brain or the MIND, but neither is capable of perceiving the Energy of Intuition... since Intuition is par...
August 17, 2021 at 19:54
In: What is mysticism?  — view comment
The brain is physical. The MIND is not physical. The Soul is not physical. And Consciousness is the Energy of the Soul, and thus, also Invisible to th...
August 17, 2021 at 19:49
In: What is Information?  — view comment
Information is data the brain can perceive. It has nothing to do with Knowledge, nor is it useful in obtaining Knowledge. Peace
August 17, 2021 at 19:29
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