Possibility

So am I - do you really view this activity as ‘pitting women against men’? A single day of non-violent action to draw attention to a number of ongoing...

If there can be International Grandparents Day, for instance, then I would argue that ‘relative importance’ of a day acknowledging the significance of...

Clearly the scare-quotes are necessary, as you continue to assert that meaning can persist through time, when I’ve already explained why it doesn’t. T...

If, for the universe or anything to exist, there couldn’t be total ‘nothingness’, what if the ‘something’ that did exist was simply potentiality? Just...

There is often an assumption that there is only the meaning of this ancient text, as if a single meaning was somehow inherent in the text itself. But ...

How do we decide we don’t like a task, though? It seems a rather simplified description of how one would feel about performing a task at any one momen...

Good point - it is education that enables us to do that, eventually. I think @"petrichor"’s criticism of the education system is a narrow view of the ...

Some of us have taken over 20 years out of the school system to reach this point, having finally unlearned the system that probably did psychologicall...

Hope is mistakenly viewed as something to lose, in the past or in the present, when it’s really a matter of being aware of the potential of where we c...

I see passionate teachers everyday who feel like they’re fighting the system to teach effectively and do the best by their students, as well as teache...

A model that is not understood as a separate entity, let alone as a ‘person’ (or three persons). Because they’re aware that they can, and because they...

No - I would say that this is not a ‘spiritual truth’, but an expression of personal belief and judgement, as stated. A spiritual truth is not an opin...

‘Void’ was your word, not mine. But I think it is common to experience a void, without being able to determine for certain what it is one specifically...

I don’t see emptiness or void as the enemy. This is part of living - to experience lack or loss, not as a void that must be filled or as a question th...

I understand basically what you mean by this ‘feeling of goodness’, but personally I am reluctant to use the word ‘goodness’ because it implies a dich...

I wonder if ‘spiritual’ might be an unnecessary qualifier - perhaps the question is: are there other types of truths that are not spiritual? Mathemati...

I would describe pure ‘spiritual truth’ as an element of knowledge, understanding or wisdom that we recognise as universal or eternal. It is true (con...

I agree that ‘feeling’ is often misunderstood - it may very well appear synonymous with ‘intuition’, but this term has its own connotations as being (...

I think it might be a bit of both, and neither. We talk about ‘purpose’ as if it’s an all-encompassing motivation that governs every thought, word and...

I can relate to this, but I think perhaps the problem is more communication than expression. I believe that anything is expressible, but not everythin...

I think when we get a sense of just how much freedom we have as human beings, we also get a sense of the responsibility that comes with that. When we ...

I agree - dignity is not a zero sum game, nor something that we are self-evidently born with. We are born naked, vulnerable and utterly dependent on o...

so are you saying that there’s nothing at all to be achieved by living? I wonder if ‘society’ really benefits from procreation - we seem so intent on ...

I’m not sure that simply keeping students in school longer is going to make them more educated. There are already many who are there only because they...

The purpose of education can be described as ‘to realise a child’s unique potential’. This ‘potential’ covers their physical, intellectual, social, em...

Ok - I get that there is certain amount of brain and body physiology that is determined at birth - some of which is influenced by interaction with the...

I never claimed to counter your argument as such. I recognise that we’re approaching this concept of romantic/pragmatic love from very different persp...

Okay, here’s where you and I appear to differ: I don’t believe that pragmatic/romantic love is a ‘stochastic phenomenon’ - that’s not to say that I th...

Okay - I’m not going to disagree with any of the points you make here. I’m going to try and explain my view from my understanding of your perspective,...

Yes, but it’s more than that. It’s also a culturally and historically located expression of the metaphysics of human experience - a collection of atte...

We’re really dealing with an interpretation of an interpretation of an interpretation of an interpretation... The majority of the bible writings were ...

I’m personally more agnostic than anything else, and it was a thorough reading of the bible that led me to realise that the important thing is not so ...

I’m not arguing with you here - just offering additional thoughts on the notion of parental love. My point (clearly not well made, let me try again) w...

I don’t think it helps to expect anyone to show love on the basis of genetics, ideological affinity or physical attraction. Just as there are many chi...

Personally, I see love as an experience of our fundamental interconnectedness - not so much that ‘I need you’, but that my unique potential and capaci...

“My trouble is I don’t want to accept who I am. On balance, I don’t like it.” I’m not sure if it’s about accepting who I am as a finished product, but...

I agree with ThinkingMatt - ‘love’ describes the same emotion, regardless of how you express it or the rationale you use to back it up. But what is th...

The Greek term ‘Logos’ does not translate directly to the English term ‘word’. It is more an expression of truth, encompassing logic, reason, opinion,...

I’m only just coming into this discussion (and into this forum), so bear with me... I think there is merit in both of these positions. No book and no ...