Jack Cummins

I would think that this site is a good one for discussing philosophy books. Of course, there is the possibility that others may not have read the book...

I have just woken up and read your reply and am just aware of how different your life is to mine. I can't imagine what it is like to be thinking of su...

What you are saying is interesting because there is definitely meant to be life before birth, in the period while the baby is in the womb. The idea of...

Yes, it is rather worrying if your country does not get a quality vaccine. I had not really thought about some countries not getting the best, or tryi...

So are the new form of human beings being engineered genetically? What are they being programmed to do, or to serve? It is a bit worrying. I also know...

Perhaps we will see a move away from cities, and smaller less centralised forms of living, as recommend in E F Schumacher's 'Small is Beautiful'. The ...

Yes, I think that the Tower of Babel metaphor is good for explaining the communication problems of this time. We are being swamped and overwhelmed wit...

Perhaps we are at a critical crossroads on the question of where humanity is going? In a metaphorical sense this may be the day of judgement, and we j...

I do consider myself as left wing but you have not discussed anything other than the possibility of being attacked, so I am unclear what point you are...

You say that 'the thinking must change,' and of course you are right but the question is whether it is too late? The problem is that all this uncertai...

I am sorry if anyone has been reading this and been unable to do so, because I have been editing it, trying to capture what I am trying to say and ask...

Yes, I would agree with the idea that an entirely solitary life would be too extreme. While I moan that I have difficulty getting enough private time ...

I think that your argument is very detailed in analysis and manages to connect the whole area of duty on the level of motivation with the actual pract...

The question would be to what extent can good and evil be understood as objective categories? Even if you see good and evil as objective, who is able ...

Actually I do agree with you that in many respects we only meet other minds on a certain level. I do have some experience of giving and having persona...

I have to admit that I haven't read much Wittgenstein. Reading his writings is on my 'To do' list along with Sartre's "Being and Nothingness', but it ...

When you speak of unspoken thought, which you say is not private language, I would say that unspoken thought could occur in two different ways. First,...

I did look up Eugene Gendlin online and his ideas do seem useful, so thanks for introducing him to me. His book, 'Focusing' sounds worth reading and I...

I had some eye problems and got referred to an eye clinic and was told that I may have a condition called Coates disease, involving abnormalities of t...

One of the most complex stories around gender is told in, ' As Nature Made Him: The Boy Raised As A Girl,' by John Colapinto. The author tells of his ...

Your latest response was good to read, because reading through most of the responses to my question it has appeared that the inner life is being dismi...

I would say that it is also important to take into consideration how the perceives their gender as well. It is also complicated if we make assumptions...

I think that part of the problem with applying Kant's system of thought to practical ethical situations is that his whole emphasis was on moral duties...

I haven't come across Eugene Gendlin, but I will look him up. Thanks

Yes, the more abstract it becomes the more the arguments begin to get meaningless, although the idea of some processes after death, prior to a rebirth...

At face value, what you say appears true and you may be right. On the other hand, perhaps the matter is not as straightforward as we often think. We c...

I I have seen your reply. The one thing that I will say I is that I have studied many aspects of psychology but don't just go by popular psychology, w...

It seems a bit simplistic to say that, 'the outer provides, the inner digests' because we are not just passive observers. However, I would agree that ...

I think you may have put your comment together a bit wrongly because you have quoted me as saying a whole paragraph I did not say. I would imagine tha...

I don't think that it is possible to say that inner or outer experience comes first, and this is where the danger of dualism comes in because they are...

I have been reading your posts and would say that I am not in any way trying to suggest that we should be or see ourselves as isolated beings. However...

The reason why I have not replied to this thread so far is that I think the perfect questions should be reserved for creating threads. Throwing all th...

I agree that the inner world can enable reflective contemplation, dreaming and imagination, and 'the richest source of access to truly new worlds.' Ho...

I do agree that it is best if we do not try to establish a clear boundary between inner and outer reality. There have been times when I have looked ou...

I found your post helpful because I often get demoralised by people dismissing any ideas I have about influence and creativity. I probably shouldn't g...

I am really not trying to be confusing talking about more than three dimensions. I have actually been engaging with a member of the forum, Possibility...

In your post you speak of life being fast because it is in 3D. I would just suggest that life has 4, 5 and perhaps many more. I am inclined to think t...

The whole issue of magical thinking is an interesting one. I came across it on a short cognitive behavioral therapy course. Most people use magical th...

Please don't think that I was actually criticising you. I have been reflecting how the whole question of what is an opinion in philosophy. Perhaps arg...

I did read your post and I am not sure that the arguments you gave were convincing evidence of life after death, personally. I think that is only one ...

You said in response to Bitter Crank that people are not entitled to opinion on a philosophy forum. On the particular question of life after death I a...

I think that the danger is probably in looking too hard for answers in the inner world. The process needs to involve a certain amount of spontaneity a...

The question is what is the truest state of being 'awake'?

I would say that inner space is an important arena for questioning. It can be a frightening world to explore and perhaps we need to touch base with ot...

Yes, if we do not exist beyond death we will not know it, but if we do exist we will know. This spells out the extent of possibilities, except borderl...

Its interesting that in your job that you were often seen as the 'tea lady' , when you probably did so much more. I think I was remembered in nursing ...

I I see your introspection illusions link and I do not want to become a navelgazer, or probably, in my case a shoegazer, because I am a bit of indie a...

I think that you make a good point. What happens after death is a mystery, even though some people think that they have definite answers. Whatever, th...

One possible distinction which I can see between attachments and desires are that attachments may refer to the nature of our experiences of meeting de...

Thanks for the link and I am sure that the theory is a good framework but what I am interested in is a bit different. I am more interested in the expe...