Why am I Anxious?
Why am I anxious? Your conscious mind is like an ant that rides on top of an elephant. It might think that it’s in charge, but it isn’t! Continue Reading
What is a philosophy?
There is a great deal of information present within all of reality, so much so that the sensory input of it all can be overwhelming. Human brains, minds and sensory Continue Reading
What is the point of philosophy?
Was a question asked by an unknown student attending Plato’s Academy, who was then promptly thanked for his interest and dismissed from the class which in retrospect seems a little Continue Reading
Experience Nothing and be like Socrates by looking death in the eye!
An experience of nothing is a very sought-after meditative discipline in the Buddhist community, usually it takes a long time, years in fact for a Buddhist practitioner to attain the Continue Reading
Nihilism as a Negating Philosophy
Nihilists negate any sense of personal meaning as illusory, this might sound pessimistic but it doesn’t have to be. The mind that makes a judgement of pessimism is also capable Continue Reading
The Arbitrary Nature of Evil
I’ve finally sussed out how to use Instagram and as is my want have joined several philosophical communities on the blasted thing one of which posted a quote by Nietzsche Continue Reading
How is the practice of mysticism different to the path of the philosopher?
Philosophy mainly deals with the objective world, mysticism, however, is a subjective experience of man’s relationship with God that seeks to diminish the sense of isolation and separation from God Continue Reading
Personal Gain
One of the things that strike you when you read Nietzsche is that he considered a good life to be one that is dedicated to personal gain. ‘Personal Gain,’ is Continue Reading
Goodbye 2020
It’s been a tough year in more ways than one for many people, many countries around the world have endured repeated lockdowns and economic harm as a result of the Continue Reading
The engine of Karma is choice!
Karma cannot be escaped. Karma just simply means ‘your doing,’ and is not the simplistic concept of retribution and revenge that we’ve been fed in the west out of semi-ignorance Continue Reading