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Symposium review (so far)

Posted on Aug 19th, 2008 by buddhacious

The symposium is almost over now, but it has been fun, and if I don't say so myself, wildly successful. The discussions will continue long after this week has ended, I'm sure. The essays up... More »

What's the point?: Integral Spirituality, Enactivism, and Me

Posted on Aug 1st, 2008 by buddhacious

Symposium will be next week (Aug. 11th) Thinkers involved (so far): http://julianwalkeryoga.gaia.com/ http://brucealderman.gaia.com/ http://crouchingtiger.gaia.com/ http://rousetheoneness.gaia.com/ http://karmabuster.gaia.com/ (so far) preliminary discussion already going on: http://julianwalkeryoga.gaia.com/blog... some ideas to read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_v... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisc... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartesia... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integral... "According to... More »

Mechanism and Meaning: Making Room for Consciousness

Posted on Jun 17th, 2008 by buddhacious

The following is an exchange I had on YouTube with  cosmanthony21  about the nature of "awareness."  ----------------------------------------------------- cosmanthony21 's original message:  Ok, lemme give it a shot. This is an interesting topic for discussion, so... More »

Can misrepresentation (or representation) be naturalized?

Posted on May 18th, 2008 by buddhacious

Sri Aurobindo and Integral Consciousness

Posted on May 19th, 2007 by buddhacious

Jean Gebser's "The Ever-Present Origin"

Posted on May 19th, 2007 by buddhacious

Some self-reflection on the nature of the "other," followed by my take on Gebser's book. More on Gebser (part 1) Part 2

Marvin Minsky's Emotion Machine Vs. My Own Consciousness

Posted on Apr 3rd, 2007 by buddhacious

Is higher immediacy not unlike satori? That is, to really get at the nature of the human being, to really “understand” what it means to be human, is it not required that the human that... More »