Jack Cummins

I think that it is a very helpful quote and I feel that my thoughts seem like they are from some underlying source, such as that of a soul. One aspect...

The area of the subconscious is a large one indeed because it does involve many interpretive viewpoints. I have come across psychology texts which see...

I just wish to add that I do hope to be able to read to follow through any discussion with reading, but just waiting to see if the thread is even goin...

I would certainly not wish to leave psychology out of the discussion, because I do believe that it has so much to offer. It also has a variety of pers...

I added an edit to the post which I wrote to you. I am not saying that I think that you should focus too much on questions like Atlantis or writers su...

About a month ago, someone wrote a thread on esoteric knowledge, although that was based more on the idea of the knowledge as being part of power elit...

I am planning to read more on phenomenology because I do see this as a missing link, but not quite sure where to start exactly. I just see such diverg...

I think that your discussion is extremely interesting but one underlying issue which is also applicable is the nature of early civilisations. It seems...

I am glad that you have raised the topic of the subconscious because I do feel that many discussions about consciousness don't go into enough focus on...

It is interesting to think about thoughts in connection with the whole debate about matter, mind and spirit. I certainly would not have written my que...

It seems that you are separating spirit from the mind, emotions and body, which seems to be a bit abstract. I think that this is one perspective, but ...

I suppose that a main part of my question is about the nature of the mysterious 'I' of which Descartes spoke. Ken Wilber spoke of this as the 'witness...

I am inclined to think that everything happens for a purpose. We would have never interacted and I do see my experience of using the forum as a very i...

Yes, I thought that my answer may not be the one you are looking for, so I will save my own reading for anything which I write. Personally, I use the ...

I think that the simple and complex come together in a strange way. Life provides simple solutions but explaining how it works is far more intricate. ...

Putting your experience of the difficulties arising from the pandemic, various ones of my own and other people, I wonder how to understand on a deeper...

My answer may not help because you are asking for the briefest possible answer to the idea of spirit and I have started reading a book on the meaning ...

I think that 'Don't Let the Devil Take Another Day' by Kelly Jones, the lead singer from Stereophonics is great. It is a live album covering most of t...

I am a poor sleeper and often look at this site in the night when I can't sleep and even write replies. I used to have a lot of friends phone at about...

A lot of people begin by starting threads on the main section and this is probably very brave. I tried getting involved gradually and wrote my first t...

One writer said I have felt helpful for in connection with thinking about the concern for family in relation to the universal is Edward O Wilson, a so...

I think that we are all inclined to blame others, whether it is our parents, the government, the church or atheists. Of course, there are many sources...

I am not convinced that your solution would really work to address the depths of the political conflict. I know that it may seem like it would address...

I live in England too and have seen very mixed responses to the idea of all cultures living together, and I am speaking more widely about differences ...

Your experience points to the way in which people often make assumptions based on such a limited basis. I know that people don't assume that I am inte...

I think that your post is interesting and the idea of cultural bias. The only query which I have is how do we separate cultural and individual bias?Th...

I find that I sometimes forget and almost start clicking on paper books too, especially when I wish to turn pages. I agree that buying books does seem...

You have also got me thinking what it means to get published. One aspect of our writing on this site is that what we write can be seen by the general ...

Personally, I am not convinced that everything happens through random mutations, natural selection and chance, but I am aware that my view is probably...

Thanks for your reply, because, sometimes, while I have ideas and wish to pursue them on the site, I do feel that many prefer to look more to those wh...

I read your answer and have been wondering about it because it seems that you are querying our purpose in philosophy. I can see that there may be atte...

I like to keep my options open for reading in all different ways and I still do like books, as in traditional books. My mother laughs when I speak abo...

I have not read any writing by Christopher Nasch, but I did come across his ideas about the culture of narcissism in sociology and I am sure that it a...

I believe that the way in which the subliminal affects us is complex. It is interesting to hear about you wondering about the way displaying the cover...

I think that I am seeing my devices being full to mean that I need to read the books which I have. But, now that shops are open I will look out for pa...

I don't have 'Ends and Means'. I can't download any more books at present because I have filled the capacity of my Kindle and tablet. This is probably...

I am not sure what to think about the idea of Atlantis. I know that many people believe it existed as a reality and many don't. Plato refers to it, as...

I read half of Huxley's' The Perennial Philosophy'. I may finish it later this week amongst replying to comments on my threads and applying for jobs. ...

I may not follow through with Lacan's ideas, and hope that your reading on Lacan was not wasted. I knew someone who used to write about Lacan and her ...

It's funny how we all do things in different stages and ways. Even though you think that it sounds as if I was advanced to be interested in psychology...

I think that it is interesting to discuss the controversial issues, but sometimes it seems like full scale war. I wish to explore certain amounts of c...

I have not read any Heidegger but I do wish to, at some point. I definitely went through a postmodernist phase, in connection with sociology and art. ...

I am afraid I have difficulty understanding Maths. I was doing okay at school until I had a particular teacher whose approach I could not grasp, and I...

Really, I thought that you were better off having the discussion a little more discreetly on this thread as a it is quiter. I think that the topic you...

You are right that a certain amount of knowledge makes discourse possible on all kinds of topics. However, I do think that it can be the case when peo...

Actually, we were talking at cross purposes because I wasn't referring to the film but a really obscure band called The Band of Outsiders. I have hard...

I think that you are right to say that certain writers are just not meant for us. I think that it is also about reading them at the right moment. I re...

It is fine. I think that you are going to be busy because you still have your reincarnation thread going. At times I have 2 or even 3 on the go but it...

Thanks for your reply. Yes, I try to keep a balance and I realise there are limits to how much it is possible to read, because I have to do other thin...

I am impressed by your poem. Also, I am interested that you have come across 'A Band of Outsiders' because not many people I know follow such music. I...