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Hearing the Earth
Eternity is easy. God is self-evidently so. You are God. Who else could you be? And so, as Krishna said,you were never born, and you are already dead. But then again, it seems like we are still alive… and still just human–but in our finitude, we rise morally above any completely transcendent God when we… Read more
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Response to PZ Myers on Science and Philosophy
A link to PZ Myers‘ post that I’m responding to: http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/02/criticism_deferred_but_buildin.php A link to my first comment (also pasted below): http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/02/criticism_deferred_but_buildin.php#comment-2256674 You’ll have to refer to the link above if you want to see the other comments I am responding to below, though I do repeat them in brief in my own responses. ——————————————————————————— #… Read more
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The Whole of Life
For all we who still pass our days on earth left behind by those now beyond us. The world not only is, but is for we who care, and we care because we know it will not exist. We care because we die, and because we leave others behind. The self and the world, the… Read more
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Before the Body Knows It’s Gone
The last breath of a once living time moves the whole of heaven to mourning, while the days of earth grow shorter to keep the Soul of the World turning. The past pursues the future faster than the sun can dawn; eternity eclipses death before the body knows it’s gone. Reminded of its destiny, the… Read more
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Logos of the Lived Body: Remembering the Way Home
Logos of the Lived Body: Remembering the Way Home By Matthew Segall Fall 2009 Buddhist Philosophical Systems Prof. Steven Goodman Introduction “Embodiment is: emerging into this world of light and sound…confinement to a body as a constantly changing piece of luggage, always a surprise to look down and it has sprouted… Read more
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On the Matter of Life: Towards an Integral Biology of Economics
On the Matter of Life: Towards an Integral Biology of Economics Table of Contents Preface Introduction: What is Life? I. The Irruption of Time II. Ancient Biology III. Modern Biology IV. Teleology as a Regulative Principle of Living Organization V. Autopoiesis: Teleology as Constitutive of Living Organization VI. Concrescence and Bodily Perception VII. Concrescence and Autopoiesis… Read more
Alfred North Whitehead, Evan Thompson, Francisco Varela, Jean Gebser, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Irwin Thompson
“In one sense philosophy does nothing. It merely satisfies the entirely impractical craving to probe and adjust ideas which have been found adequate each in its special sphere of use. In the same way the ocean tides do nothing. Twice daily they beat upon the cliffs of continents and then retire. But have patience and look deeper; and you find that in the end whole continents of thought have been submerged by philosophic tides, and have been rebuilt in the depths awaiting emergence. The fate of humanity depends upon the ultimate continental faith by which it shapes its action, and this faith is in the end shaped by philosophy.”
—Alfred North Whitehead
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