The following is a series of emails exchanged between Mat Wilson and I over the course of the last several months ( my messages will be in bold , Mr. Wilson's not): --------------------------------- Mat, First,... More »
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I've just been reading Christopher Bache's book "Dark Night, Early Dawn," and he, not unlike Christian de Quincey in his book "Radical Nature," argues that the interpersonal and collective dimensions of spiritual experience have been... More »
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The philosopher Gregory Bateson has written that the “false reification of the self is basic to the planetary ecological crisis in which we find ourselves.” The rise of Western civilization, whether intentionally or not,... More »
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Next week, beginning on Wednesday August 13th, several bloggers here on Gaia (including myself) will be participating in a symposium geared toward deepening our appreciation of the relationship between enactivism and integral theory with the... More »
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Either altruism is possible, or it isn't, and this goes for both nature and humanity. I happen to think altruism is possible, and that the human being is just one of the most striking examples... More »
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I'm having some integrally-inspired conversations on YouTube that I would really love to have other's join in on... here is a taste. If you like it my YouTube channel is called: redliterocket4. Please give me... More »
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Preface It has been suggested that all modern philosophy begins with doubt ( JC , p. 80). When one philosophizes, they agree to take nothing for granted, and even to question themselves backward into... More »
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I have not read Dawkins' latest book, The God Delusion , but I'm sure I agree with just about all of what he argued for in it. The idea that a personal God is responsible... More »
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