Heart means core. Heart directly points to the essential, central part of being--what everything else flows from. Ground invokes structural support, w...
Identity can get tricky. In my mind, the big picture is that I was some bit of commonplace matter that transformed into a human. Me becoming human is ...
No, actually. Another way you could phrase the transcendent ground is as the transcendent heart of being. Maybe that's more intuitive. Edit: Im liking...
The mountain example is just to demonstrate how definitions work. Transcendent doesn't mean the "most" exactly. Something that fully transcends existe...
Part of the matter that constitutes me may very well have at some point belonged to the nervous system of a mammoth, but to say that I would then poss...
It’s because it's the last single digit, and it sorta gets reset to 0 when you get to 10. People have historically attached meaning to that fact I gue...
ok, If you must know, I am appropriating the prefix ennea to mean unifying with the ground. It seems like everyone but you was able to pickup on that ...
we have all existed for billions of years as nothing more than commonplace matter. The statement "I became human" makes perfect sense. You existed as ...
To put it simply, to say that there is something which transcends the transcendent ground of being would contradict the definition of transcendent. Th...
Thank you for your reply! I personally believe the brute fact position is unsatisfying, and that at transcendent ground does not precipitate infinite ...
I imagine myself like a wave moving across the water. Over time I may change shape or exchange molecules, yet I retain my identity. I started out as a...
Even if every planet in the universe harbored intelligent life, the percentage of matter in the universe which was sapient would still be effectively ...
The randomness introduced by quantum mechanical processes means that the Earth itself didn't even form in the vast majority of hypothetical timelines,...
Streams are discrete, meaning that they aren't all experiencing one another at the same time. They have a subjective point of view, hence they have an...
There are possible worlds where my stream of consciousness remained at the level of commonplace matter. In fact, there are possible worlds where Earth...
Panpsychists believe that existence comprises discrete streams of consciousness. These streams are usually very basic, like a hydrogen ion, but occasi...
I'm a panpsychist, so I think that everything possesses some degree of experience. When I say that my consciousness was elevated from commonplace matt...
As a panpsychist, I believe that existence comprises "streams of consciousness". For instance, my nervous system is one stream, and so is yours. On th...
Learn the difference between contemporary panpsychism and animism. By privileged I simply mean that I exist as a human being, rather than a shrimp or ...
The framing is the key distinction between what I'm saying and something like stoicism. Regardless, I'm not trying to reinvent the wheel, this is just...
If someone wrongs you, do not add to the offense by inflicting anger upon yourself. If you have failed, do not compound the problem by inflicting guil...
Dude, what is your point? That I don't have an answer to the very question THAT I'M ASKING? Are you saying that the question is somehow invalid becaus...
I understand exactly what you're saying and I'm not even going to argue with the actual points you're making because they are perfectly valid. The pro...
We can talk about rarity. Let's hypothetically say that the solar system is all that exists. Even then, even just on Earth, the fraction of matter whi...
Ok let me put the question another way. Either I "just happen" to be among the infinitesimal fraction of matter that became human beings, or this seem...
Imagine you find yourself in a room wearing a suit. In your hand is a resume and someone is sitting across from you at a desk. The context clues sugge...
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