praxis

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No one has one meaning to their life.

Spirituality or spiritual experiences are about transcendence (of the self), essentially.

Well, I do try.

Then you'll love Campbell's. It's like chicken noodle soup for the soul. https://www.campbells.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2014/12/campbellsConden...

I noticed the cage of course, but not explicitly. Now seeing what it's made of and what it surrounds, I'm uncomfortable.

Or perhaps a good cookbook? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1wWtqCwpFw

Who sounds a lot like Campbell.

My understanding is that philosophies may develop into a science.

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Basically because in Buddhism there's two possibilities: nirvana or samsara. Any God, including a supreme God, can be in either. If God is samsaric th...

There seems to be a subtlety, or fundamental understanding, that I'm missing. Maybe if you could give a practical example. I'm sure. Because my profes...

I'm skeptical of this divorce or Hume's Guillotine. Don't we evaluate everything? These evaluations may be based on personal values, or values which a...

Again because God isn't relevant to this system of belief. You might as well point out that Jesus didn't say anything about emptiness and ask why.

4. Impermanence (and what you describe as an "undeniable truth") The point of Buddhism is to transcend being or realize our true nature (emptiness). T...

You mean things like this?

There are two basic senses of Materialism. One is generally to value material possessions and physical comfort over spiritual values. We've touched on...

By the way, and not that it's important, I was perusing the Get Creative! topic in the lounge and noticed some of your artistic expressions.

I guess that I didn't recognize taking science as a "source of moral authority or a basis for normative judgement" as an expression of rationalization...

That's what seemed to be the case to me, and I said as much earlier. I'm referring to this:

I'll mention again that I need to study the theory of rationalization more, but offhand I'm skeptical of the idea that scientism (or an irrational dep...

You assume nonspiritual or religious ends when that is not necessarily the case at all. And there is overwhelming evidence that people can find their ...

You claimed: I pointed out that the enlightenment allows us to find our own ends. What do you mean by "The notion that mankind is freed from the relig...

By "religious mindset" do you mean an irrational dependence?

And what if we're unable to swallow this pill?

It's possible to live a meaningful life without religion. We're free to find our own ends rather than, for example, the afterlife that Christianity of...

I still need to study Weber's theories, but with just scratching the surface it occurs to me that scientism may be an expression of rationalization. T...

The essential benefit of autonomy is freedom, and in this context, freedom from ignorance. To offer an extreme example, there's a 0% chance that I'll ...

Hopefully you'll follow up on this is/ought teaser when duty permits.

We are now enjoying the "ends" that the enlightenment afforded us: And it is unclear what you mean by "faith in science." I have faith in science and ...

I'm sure that I'm just commenting on that, yes.

The essential distinction is between following and finding your own way, I believe. This is a meaningful distinction because a major issue with religi...

Can you imagine anyone adhering to a meaningless religion? The only essential thing a religion needs to provide is meaning. If it fails to do that it ...

This sounds like a sort of pre-rational romanticism. And I think your meaning may be clearer if you use a term like 'rationality' or 'skepticism' rath...

How does this make sense? If science is functioning as a religion or system of meaning why would it's adherents, and our nihilist friend daldai, be su...

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No just something I learned recently and thought might be a helpful insight. When I've worked at home freelance in the past I would procrastinate like...

I know the feeling well. Incidentally, they say procrastination is an expression of stress.

Hypnotherapy for boredom eating seems to be popular. Perhaps there's one for boredom posting.

They're unhappy because of their ignorance, or rather because they fail to realize wisdom. Or so they say.

I always like the term transrational, which I think was coined by Ken Wilber. Don't need to be particularly rational to have a transrational experienc...

Conditioned response. Was Pavlov's dog consciously aware of what Pavlov was doing? No. It worked nevertheless. Salivating wasn't particularly benefici...

If I suggested that you relax, and I really want you to relax, how is that a lie or in any way deceptive?

I understand your concerns, Worsret, though I think they're unfounded. If the subject actually interests you at all I suggest that you read Cure. It's...

It can be shitty if it's designed to be shitty. Nocebo is as effective as placebo, from what I understand.

The basic components of meaning, for humans anyway, is purpose, community, narrative, and transcendence. All of this can be attained within a framewor...

Is it that you don't believe people can be conditioned to respond in ways that apparently bypass their conscious awarness?

Animals don't know truths (at least our truths I assume) and therefore have meaning, because you believe truth and meaning act in opposition?