I am deeply disturbed to discover what a search on the word “consciousness” produces when you sift through Wordpress websites.
Tag: Consciousness
How to be Human in an indifferent Universe
How damaging we are to each other. How grim the human condition can become, and it does not take war … More
“I” do not exist
I have felt with increasing certainty recently that the Buddhists are right. We have no separate existence, no soul, no fixed place in the universe.
The Mysticism of Blade Runner
Does it sound curious to link a vastly popular work of science fiction to the concept of mysticism?
The Doors of Perception
If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite.
“Objective truth” is an illusion.
Unqualified objective truth can not exist. Heavily qualified objective truth probably does.
Art as metaphysics
I have sometimes wondered whether art has any importance, and if so, what?
The Existence of Evil
Evil cannot exist without consciousness and free will.
Anger – an Evolutionary Curse
Anger is an invention of the selfish gene, an evolutionary tool for the survival of the fittest.
A Secular Epiphany
Epiphany is usually thought of in a religious context but it can equally be a secular phenomena where one is struck by some extreme beauty or revelation.
Renaissance Man: Dead or Alive?
“Renaissance Men” were able to master and practice a number of widely different subjects. Can it still be done in today’s highly specialised world?
Seeking Consciousness
Consciousness can only be sought through science and empirical, rational thought.
The Abolition of Suffering
Philosopher David Pearce has a message of overwhelming significance: The Abolition of Suffering can and will be achieved.
What am I?
The question “what am I” is the most important avenue any sentient being can enter.