these doctrines are reserved for a relatively restricted and closed elite. This was also the case in the West in the Middle Ages. Continue reading
Oriental Metaphysics
Living in the Real World
I turned myself to other things, and I saw the oppressions that are done under the sun, and the tears of the innocent, and they had no comforter; and they were not able to resist their violence, being destitute of help from any. And I praised the dead rather than the living: And I judged him happier than them both, that is not yet born, nor hath seen the evils that are done under the sun. Continue reading
Anti-philosophy and Panpsychism
A philosophy is not a court of law. It is not a matter of being right or wrong. It is a sign of great vulgarity to want to be right and yet more to want to be right against someone else. Continue reading
Creating a World: Day One
It’s curious that even atheists and neo-Darwinists are sometimes willing to believe that the human race was seeded by aliens or even that we “inhabit” a computer simulation created by more advanced beings; in other words, the implication is that the world was designed, albeit not by God. Continue reading
Pinker the Thinker
This young woman understands Eve’s curse, probably better than most. Woman’s sex drive is so strong in order to overcome that reluctance to pregnancy. In most if not all materially advanced countries, the birth rate is becoming precipitously low. Continue reading
Esoteric Initiatic Centers
A cult is easy to find, but hard to leave. An esoteric center is hard to find but easy to leave. Continue reading
Tour Guide through the Ruins
During the Kali Yuga, what is the point of being conscious enough to observe it? Continue reading
Mother’s Day 2020
Memory does not consist in a regression from the present to the past, but on the contrary in a progress from the past to the present. … pure memory is a spiritual manifestation. Continue reading
The Divided Line
A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free. Continue reading