When Brutus stabs Caesar, is this the same event as when Brutus kills Caesar? That’s a classic philosophical question used by thinkers studying the question of whether and how events are individuated – that is, separated from one another. Is it a question of time and space? Intention? Changes in the states of the actors/objects?Continue reading “The End of Individuation”
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What is Given is Given Equally
(Note: all photographs these days are taken by my daughter Fionnghuala) It can be helpful to see the way in which everything is given equally (or appears equally), and how the extent to which there appears to be inequality is essentially a function of our narrative impulse. Imagine someone places on the table before youContinue reading “What is Given is Given Equally”
Politics and A Course in Miracles
I had a nice long talk once with an individual who teaches ACIM professionally. They were smart and committed, and had reflected a lot on their practice and comprehension of A Course in Miracles. I learned a lot. Near the end, this individual advised me to stop following politics and to stop being politically active.Continue reading “Politics and A Course in Miracles”
On Playing Well With Others
Years ago a fellow student who had spent time with Tara Singh criticized Singh for using the phrase “bring into application.” Singh meant that it was not enough to study and learn: one had to actually embody that learning, to make it the fact of experience rather than an a mere ideal. The student feltContinue reading “On Playing Well With Others”
What Works is What’s Helpful
The point is always to find and utilize what is helpful, understanding that “helpfulness” is relative, contextual and subject to change. Basically, we are looking for a way to peacefully and creatively exist within an existence that seems to be independent of us. In order to discern what is helpful, we have to have aContinue reading “What Works is What’s Helpful”
Stillness and Presence
One thing about the present moment is its fullness – which is also a kind of emptiness. Everything is there and nothing is there. There is only thing in the present moment and it has no name and yet everyone knows what it is. You can’t carry anything into the present. It is fascinating toContinue reading “Stillness and Presence”