Music is the relationship between vibrations at different frequencies, some create tension while others resolve nicely. However, it’s not just notes, ...
Consciousness itself, is an experience that we are aware of. The hard problem may never be solved! Since we must use consciousness to search for the a...
Although we may make a distinction between inner and outer experiences, ALL experiences take place within the brain. The entire universe and everythin...
If it’s possible for something to always exist, like eternal intelligence, then it’s possible that the universe itself has always existed. No beginnin...
Philosophy is simply a way of looking at things and if you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change! To consider something as ...
The zen masters loved to use paradox in their instructions to their students. For example “what is the sound of one hand clapping”. Language and words...
Non existence before birth apparently lasted some 13.7 billion years, and yet here I am, here and now! Time is a funny thing as one may go back 100, 2...
All things are in a constant state of motion and change, and what we call time is just a measurement of those changes. The present moment is the zero ...
Since “The devil made me do it” doesn’t hold up in a court of law, we must be responsible for our own actions. The motivation to do a certain things m...
Space is that which is not there. When we give something which is not there a name, such as space, the name itself implies that there is something the...
The illusion of ownership is a bubble that is easily popped by the simple act of dying! What happens to my body, my thoughts, or my money when I’m dea...
Words are only sounds which point to things which are not sounds. All knowledge comes from experience. What the Buddha experienced, may be pointed to ...
Thoughts do not come from the future, they come from the past. If you put your finger on a red hot element, your finger is already burned by the time ...
I’m simply giving the Buddha credit for what others have attributed to the Buddha in Buddhist literature. No, not me. The desire to give up desire, is...
I completely disagree, because no one really know whom said what, thousands of years ago and it doesn’t even matter! What matters most are the ideas a...
When I was a young man, I studied Buddhism in general and Zen Buddhism in particular. It was long ago, so I’m unable to reference any particular book ...
Easy to say, but like you point out, not so easy to do! The Buddha also realized the difficulty and came up with an eight fold path to help people obt...
The Buddha simply pointed out that attachment to things which are impermanent will lead to suffering once they are gone. If one may simply enjoy the m...
I understand what you are saying and it does make logical sense. However, something which has always been, in one form or another, does not have a beg...
This is why I love philosophy! There are two main ways of looking at existence, it was either created or it was always there. If it was created, then ...
There was no cause. If something has always been, then it was not caused to be. The idea that there MUST be a beginning seems logical but not necessar...
Suspend disbelief for a moment and imagine that everything that is here, now, has always been here, now. No beginning and no ending, just continuous c...
I agree with boagle. First, one must assume that there is such a thing as God. And if we decide that there is, then we must imagine the powers that he...
The idea of fate, is based on hindsight. Once something has happened, it’s easy to say that it was destined to happen because, it has already happened...
Ownership is an illusion. The bubble of ownership is easily popped by the simple act of dying. Consciousness seems to arise in the brain. Brain waves ...
Yes, I believe there is only one space and ALL things exist WITHIN it. The coffee cup itself, gives definition to the empty space within the cup and a...
In the morning I take an empty coffee cup from the cupboard. It appears empty, but is actually filled with the earth’s atmosphere, which my coffee wil...
To be where you already are, makes sense, since you can’t be anywhere else! However, it is possible to be lost in thought, daydream or fantasize. In t...
If you take a piece of wood and add a source of heat and oxygen, a chemical reaction will occur producing more heat, a flame and light as byproducts. ...
The moment does not pass, nor does it arrive, it is always here and always now. To be present, is to be where you are already and since it’s not possi...
Whether we fear death or not, it will come anyway! And when we are dead, we will not KNOW that we are dead. However, at the moment of death, we will k...
Zelebg 626 Imagine an empty digital photo, say with resolution of 900x900 pixels and 900 colours. It potentially can hold a picture of every planet, s...
When awake, our consciousness processes input from the five senses, sorting out what’s important and needs to be acted upon to ensure our survival. Wh...
Time is just a measurement and yes, one may measure infinitely in either direction, negative numbers or positive numbers, past or future. Although one...
The biological information to build a human body, is contained in your DNA. How did that information get there? We know it was passed down to you, fro...
Abstract names for abstract objects, has it’s limits. Paradox, is where abstract meets logic and neither may win! What is REAL in an abstract world is...
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