"Recipe for an unhappy, dying movement."
BINGO!
However, what has happiness to do with anything? All things that transitory are but metaphor. We are all, metaphor, yearning for implementation and as such, we express to acquire. That…
I watched the video twice so that I could get a better "feel" for the subject. He is right about time it is indeed a concept. Though I am uncertain to his definition of motion, motion certainly exists. Motion is context. We, humans and…
I watched the video twice so that I could get a better "feel" for the subject. He is right about time it is indeed a concept. Though I am uncertain to his definition of motion, motion certainly exists. Motion is context. We, humans and…
An act of will?
How one answers that depends on the simplicity/complexity of the Rational Paradigm in question.
Let us assume we are referring to human Rational Paradigms.
Innately will arises from metabolism.
Intrinsically will arises from…
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Reply by Martin Euser 22 minutes ago
Where did you find these conditions? They are very succinctly formulated. Where can I find a broader description?
What about an…
When I speak of value I am referring to any flow within given flow. In the RMCM we are an abstraction that arises out of value. This flow is transcendent. We are novel and as such we can not experience the feelings others have. This is the sacrifice…
"In Theosophy, as well as in all philosophical systems worthy of the name, Spirit is seen as a causative factor regarding manifestation (form-world)."
We are unable to see cause, however this would seem to be a resonable…
" The only thing remaining to figure out is the mechanism."
My definition of a mechanism. If we are going to talk about something I think it would be helpful to "know" what it is.
"So, you suppose that spirituality arises out of cause and effect? "
No.
Is cause and effect a "mechanical" process?
Yes.
That brings me to ask, how well versed you are in theosophical literature and philosophy in general.…
Innate : that which arises directly out of Cause and Effect.
Intrinsic : That which arises directly out of Form and Function such that Form implements Function and Function iterates Form.
Abstract : that which arises directly out the binding
To speak to something rational, it must be defineable in three conditions. This was a definition for the Reply by Charles Cosimano and his comment on mechanism.
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Tomislav Markus has written an important article on
THE GREAT TURNING POINTPeak Oil and the Disintegration of Industrial Civilization:
http://www.integralworld.net/markus6.html
I believe he has a point.. He reasons as follows:
Our civilization is…