BrianW

I don't know about mistakes or spiritual fall but I understand it from the perspective of necessity and choice. Necessity is law, Choice is will. Choi...

From what I've learned from esoteric studies, the progression as we evolve from our initial, through our transitory and to the final phase of life can...

First, I believe there is much to be learned from every situation. Secondly, you got me thinking, what about addiction? Addicts do choose to go throug...

Perhaps, instead of 'suppressing memory', it's more of a provision where by you can only remember certain things if you attain certain degree of exper...

I wouldn't say the 'suppression' is unintentional, more of, it's a choice whether we are aware or unaware of it. It can be intentional in the sense th...

My beliefs run parallel (for the most part) with @"Sam26" particularly in the sense of life's unity. Anyway, I would like to contribute my opinion on ...

Was Jesus a Christian? Was Buddha a Buddhist? It's okay to learn from others as long as we remember our duty to ourselves. Understanding is an individ...

I'm not pro determinism or any other -ism. (I hate -isms, they limit philosophy to human bias) You seem stuck on dependence; on humans being some kind...

I'm not saying we don't have things we call 'inventions' and 'creations'. But they are all imitations of some function already existing in nature. Boo...

Through the processes of creation, invention, dependence, etc., humans are neither the first nor last in that chain of cause and effect. I understand ...

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Instead of reducing things to fit your perspective, try expanding your perspective to include things. I believe it is how to increase our knowledge ba...

You fail to understand how both absoluteness and relativity, or objectivity and subjectivity, interrelate with each other. An inherent quality is also...

Beauty is a relationship - both objective and subjective. Because everything in LIFE is dependent upon each other, therefore, everything in LIFE has t...

The Bible (and all religious/spiritual books and teachings) are subjective. Just because it is written does not mean it is or was. Most of religious/s...

Isn't well-being the application of the knowledge of truth?

I think dependence and independence are just ways to imply relationships. Fundamentally, everything in LIFE relates/interconnects to each other in one...

When referring to logic, it's not a matter of 'if it is true'. Logic is a statement of fact/in relation to fact. If there is any error, it cannot be l...

; ; Beauty can be both objective and subjective. Objectivity and subjectivity do not necessarily negate each other. Suppose we defined beauty as the a...

Read this: If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But...

I start with the proposition that: "If life is logical, then everything relates to everything." In this way, learning is about expanding perspective. ...

I define the mind as the organizational mechanism of life. The brain, therefore, becomes the sensible manifestation of that operation. Also, for any m...

I think when you're enlightened you get the right perspective. They realize machines do not do any work. Rather, humans use them to work more efficien...

Desiderata Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good term...

Also, when we refer to a human being, we do not mean the human body. We primarily mean human consciousness (activity) which more often than not extend...

I think consciousness is a fundamental part of life and is a component of all life regardless of circumstance. Here, I mean, humans, animals, plants, ...

The op is very cyclic and denies some significant components of our lives which refute the idea of 'chance'; such as the law of CAUSE & EFFECT or INTE...

It seems difficult to explain logic as an independent factor. Perhaps because it is too broad for the human capacity for knowledge to comprehend it fu...

I've just been watching a story about Martin Pistorius (who suffered locked-in syndrome) and I think our science cannot distinguish between the mind a...

@"Jake" :clap: Well said!

@"ArguingWAristotleTiff" It's a really good poem. Kinda makes you realize the sanctity of bringing a life to the world and the immensity of the work t...

@"ArguingWAristotleTiff" and everyone at The Philosophy Forum: Thank you very much.

THE BLESSED CITY In my youth I was told that in a certain city every one lived according to the Scriptures. And I said, “I will seek that city and the...

"AND a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, Speak to us of Children. And he said: Your children are not your children. They are the sons and ...

@"Banno" Thanks for video. Very informative. @"Banno"; @"Pattern-chaser" I meant, more specifically, a person born completely blind and completely dea...

What is the medium of thought for someone born deaf-blind?

I think an omnipotent being (if such existed) can create a very heavy rock and refuse to lift it. It does not affect the omnipotency. Omnipotence, Omn...

I don't think introspection is like a math puzzle which you solve and then its done. Introspection is continuous both when awake and asleep. So, when ...

That it relates/connects to truth/reality is the justification/validation.

I think this refers more to choice than to knowledge. It suggests a kind of response or activity born of perception; something distinctly subjective. ...

Instead of a percentage of certainty, perhaps a level of confidence in our expectations...?

I'm not so sure about this. I think what you call filters are channels through which knowledge comes to us. They seem like filters because of their li...

I've been looking for a definition to logic. Something not in the dictionary; less linguistic and more of philosophy. Can we say that logic is a guide...

Why should logic be justified? Does it need justification? Doesn't logic imply justification? Do you mean 'how do we justify by logic?' Is it like, 'h...

I think the answer is GENETICS. Through all succeeding levels, all life, evolving or progressing from the primordial to the most current, must all car...

Firstly, I love this discussion! I've been struggling with these two principles and haven't found a relationship that explains them without holes or e...

To me, belief is synonymous with understanding. The claim, "I believe in such and such," is just that, a claim or a statement. Usually without proper ...

What religious people refer to as 'GOD', I personally call LIFE. I believe it is also what scientists refer to as energy when they claim, "it can neit...

@"ChatteringMonkey" Sorry for that, it wasn't the best way to express that point. What I meant was, "...they are things (factors) in terms of their re...

Time and Space are dimensions of LIFE akin to length, width and height/depth. They may not be things in the tangible manner but they are things in ter...