praxis

My interpretation of the article is that bottleneck in transportation creates the “perception” of a crisis and that those arriving will disperse throu...

Viewing them as synonymous seems to imply that psychic phenomenon indicate something about the nature of our spirit, like dualism or that mind is not ...

Specifically what metaphysics are you referring to? Interconnectedness is, in itself, morally benign. It doesn’t inform or imply what we ought to do i...

Gotta hate fake existence.

I'm thinking that the concept of interconnectedness may lead to moral intuition when it becomes apparent that it can serve our self-interest. Like a f...

Trump saves the Special Olympics. <color: green>Our hero!</color: green> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkN8CZIjoBo

I did that about two years ago. Thanks for bringing back the memory?

According to moral foundation theory, conservatives tend to be more well-rounded in their values or moral intuitions and are believed to be less open ...

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An administration dedicated to immigration reform would stand a better chance of achieving reform, I would think.

I don’t think anyone is opposed to immigration reform. Unfortunate that our divider-in-chief puts all his energy into fulfilling a stupid campaign pro...

Judging by your declared values I would guess that you’re politically liberal or perhaps independent. It’s not too clear as listed. Definitely not lib...

Perhaps you might be inclined to if your experiences offered some kind of spiritual insight that you felt could benefit others. Again, I’m just curiou...

I think it's actually a beautiful thing, to ask others to view something in the world aesthetically, maybe especially if that thing is not what we'd n...

If art is anything an artist presents as art then anything can be art, and by extension, anyone can be an artist. This is true, in my opinion, but all...

Why are you referring to these experiences as "spiritual"? It seems to me that they would more accurately be described as psychic or metaphysically in...

For essentially the same reason I assume: the potential for corruption by those in control of the science or doctrine. I guess it's impossible to spec...

You must admit that the terms are themselves rather broad. We can experience happiness or suffering in a variety of ways. I was thinking of it as a ge...

The idea is to generally increase happiness and decrease suffering.

Now you’re just being childish.

You are proving this to be false. Rather, you don’t find it comfortable to be, as you say, debunked.

Meaning that you're only interested in an unquestioning audience and you don't want anyone to debunk your goofy ideas. I think we all get that. I've c...

You're also not here to explain your goofy notions, apparently.

Why not? Maybe it’s our primitive egos that believe our emotional lives can’t be quantified.

Clearly “Reality” has irresistible deep meaning and purpose for you. Lol

1) Unity is a concept. 2) “Aligning” with your concept of reality is normally considered trans-rational. The thing about holding the breath makes no s...

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Nah, it may kinda look the same but Saint Sapientia smells like teen spirt, I imagine. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWKbfoikeg

You realize that this reasoning is self-invalidating. Assuming you’re not kidding around, you appear to be suggesting that unity or non-duality is for...

Mere human happiness? Of course there’s a wide range of moral intuitions and disagreements about their relative value, but wouldn’t it be rational to ...

No, you’ve gotten yourself mixed-up somehow. We can only discuss the concept of unity in language. Unity/separation is a dualism. ‘Unity’ in the absen...

Happiness and suffering are subjective but highly intuitive, as well as measurable by various means. Any reason these can’t these be held as base valu...

There are scientific theories about moral development and what constitutes moral intuition and reasoning. Also, the results of moral choices can be me...

Clearly, you are conceiving a separation. In addition to that, you're holding on to the idea that you aren't separate. Holding... Okay, I just held it...

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7865/32532290417_6bda9413b2_z.jpg My beer is sad for some reason.

So if we didn't FEEL separate it wouldn't matter if we perceived a separation, right? Or are you suggesting that there is something inherently wrong w...

Deactivation of the DMN is a particular brain state, and as you say there are many ways in which the DMN can be disrupted. It could be deactivated uni...

It's certainly not necessary, but I believe that it's beneficial in a couple of important ways, namely that it relieves existential anxiety and also h...

We could just as well train ourselves to see aesthetically, for instance, and then we could say that all of life is an aesthetic experience. Not sure ...

On a larger scale, it's a deactivation of the DMN (default mode network).

Spiritual simply because it deals with matters of the spirit, rather than physical, practical, social, or even religious matters. Religious matters in...

Western culture is highly materialistic/rationalistic. How do you increase aesthetic values in such a cultural environment?

I’d say but then you’d know and I don’t want to make you unhappy.

I can agree that you'd be happier if you didn't know this.

Common values and goals creates unity. More the latter, in some cases where, for instance, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Can you explain how this solution might work? Or why it would be a good thing if it did work.

It’s what facilitates cooperation within social groups. It primarily requires shared values and goals.

I was in Waikiki a few weeks ago. Super commercial and touristy but remarkably nice nevertheless.

Rather they’re recognized in different frameworks, such as social psychology, evolutionary psychology, etc. Social beings need meaning, and religions ...

Nah, they realized that it (Great America) fully sucked, so they turned on, tuned in, and dropped out. This resulted in progress that half the nation ...