Tom Storm

Let's not clog this thread up further, I don't think it is hitting the mark. I'm more intrigued by T Clark and Wayfarer discussing that which can't be...

Yes, and few politicians were more politically savvy, activist, driven and manipulative than Lincoln. He was no quietist. William Herndon, Lincoln's l...

Yes, we need both. The question is, why does thinking change?

My reading of Lincoln is that he was more motivated to hold the Union together. I agree that there are 'anonymous' people who work back of house to ef...

That's not really the question is it? A false trichotomy. I would rather a country like Sweden, for all its failings. Or Australia. Mind you I totally...

I agree. Much capitalism appears to be dictatorship by corporations and socialism for the rich.

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That's all I said and this corresponds to my experience of many others.

I don't disagree but who are you thinking of by way of comparison?

Religious morality is subjective so there isn't really a difference in terms of foundational strength. Just see how differently people even within one...

Don't know. It's been a while.

I have to say - 'A cage went in search of a bird' - initially had be thinking it was the start of a Jewish joke. It also sounds like a euphemism for w...

Cool. I've seen some of his work in passing but not read it. Thanks.

Yes I have heard a similar account from a practitioner. On a side note, I saw that the Dalai Lama (and yes different tradition) has made several comme...

I thought not. Mind you using the word progress was a bad word and bound not to fit.

I understand. I wasn't looking for 'woke' just support of progress.

My issue with this is how do you apply this approach to creating social change? In relation to progress created by activists in women's suffrage, race...

It's obvious that if you are unaware of a problem it is unlikely to worry you. If not being worried is your preference then obviously the ignorant are...

What do you make of 'you will get lost'. To me it sounds something like infinite regress.

It's easy to take ideas too seriously. I found that as soon as I stopped thinking and started doing - immersing myself in activities that meant someth...

Sure. We need a new everything.

Can I not say it too? In my view in Australia the Hawke/Keating government embraced what was called economic rationalism (now neo-liberalism) which th...

It's the version of corporate capitalism.

Nice. And this could be used for any number of beliefs...

That's a claim. I have no way of testing if it is correct. I can only go by what I experience and notice, problematic though that may be. Regardless, ...

I thought there was something sinister about your worldview, TC.... Just joking. I guess I like Maslow's because I have used it often with students an...

I get your point too. Sometimes I think we get hung up on words and definitions when all we need to do is live and experience. Love is a poor word bec...

Despite all the noise and bullshit and personal failures of people, I think there is a lot of love around - certainly based on personal experience and...

The biggest difference for me is Heidegger is unreadable, while Wittgenstein is almost unreadable. But I don't doubt their seminal places in Western t...

My favourite version of the first which I was told was Maslow (but such quotes seem to transmigrate) is this: "If the only tool you have is a hammer, ...

Does that seem equivalent to a black hole?

Yes, this phenomenon used to be called, 'Keeping up with the Joneses'. Very mid-twentieth century. Simple consumer capitalism. But I don't see it as d...

I don't think your point is coherent. Sorry. Buddhism 101 - attachment leads to suffering.

I doubt this is accurate. I think a lot of people listen to music so they don't have to think. They like the pop music of their time and while the sou...

There is no example we can point to of nothing existing except as metaphor.

Sorry, Man, no. I rarely see this happening. Except where people are unhappy or have a mental illness. Still think you need to separate out those thin...

I don't think everyone feels this or necessarily lives this. Krishnamurti develops the ideas you have expressed rather well. Many people I know have a...

Circular reasoning is a problem in a range of areas and not just confined to theists. You keep coming back to whether people are troubled or not by th...

Understand totally. I think the loudest voices on both sides of the debate are often the most doctrinaire, rigid and unpleasant ones.

I hear you - I guess I said 'choice' because that's how we talk at home. I would have been as comfortable with your formulation. My newbie take on thi...

I wonder if this means in choosing to think a thing good or bad, you create a reversal by this very thought action. Maybe it means that the more you c...

Royalty are generally a distraction from substantive issues and in general are extremely useful to media oligarchs in generating massive ratings, sale...

You probably know that French was the language of world diplomacy and the official language of England for three hundred years. English was the langua...

So what? Wrong is wrong, even if people think it is right. Racists are untroubled by their beliefs too. Does this mean we follow their lead?

A claim like that requires some texture otherwise it is no more profound than a bumper sticker.

I don't think many psychologists would take the Freudian model too seriously. His ideas would be seen as historically important - a seminal influence....

Many religious share your experience. I am not sure I understand where you believe you morality comes from.

I've not met the person yet who isn't chasing their own tail.

Medical science would say they are mentally ill.

Why don't you ask them? Christianity is more complex and subtle than you might imagine.