In my previous post, I sketched out Pascal's Wager, and commented a little on why the cosmos must be more complex than our thoughts about it.I was moved to comment by this endearingly earnest post in a blog I follow.…
Category: philosophy
The One
There is a philosophical argument that first arose in Western thought in the Seventeenth Century: God exists or does not exist. We cannot determine which is true by thought alone.There are two outcomes at death: Heaven or HellYou must choose…
Cross and bothered
Yesterday, I talked about how a national flag could be used as a symbol of hatred. Hatred towards immigrants, hatred towards the rest of the world. If someone displays an American flag icon prominently on their social media talk page,…
OK never
A Twitter friend of mine - a very talented writer by the name of Jacinta Horgan - put me on to a book called The Exact Opposite of Okay by Laura Steven. This Young Adult novel is as powerful and…
Are you Greek?
At a conference in Delphi - we were studying The Sophist, which turned my brain into spaghetti, with Plotinus and Sophocles* for light relief – our dialectic professor asked me at the evening plenary, "Tell me, are you an Australian?""Yes,…
Putting the Sass into Disaster
I've written about the Notre Dame fire. It is a disaster that affected me deeply through my own personal connection. Countless millions around the globe, not to mention Parisians and French folk also saw the fire as a tragedy.I put…
Coming alive
There's a moment - and every writer knows it well - where the characters step off the kerb and start walking for themselves.No matter how tightly the story is plotted, how rigidly the character's actions and appearance and thoughts are…
Be More Mindful
Sage advice from empress2inspire! I remember the first time I was told not to believe my thoughts. I nearly fell out of my chair! Surely my thoughts were the utterances of my soul? Weren’t they my very essence?
Nah. Rubbish and lies.
If you want to see what happens when you believe your thoughts have some sort of special truth to them, look at the White House.
Britni
Do you ever consider that mindfulness can be a part of your life? These mindful people are actually doing it! Find out what the followers of mindfulness have been doing differently from your routine! If it inspires you, pick up just one practice and begin. You will find small changes within yourself as you practice mindfulness and in another 2 weeks, everybody around you will feel the difference too!
Here are some popular habits of mindful people :
- They don’t believe their thoughts and they don’t take them all that seriously. (Ah! if only I could do this practice, I will be a superwoman :P)
- They don’t try to avoid or deny emotions.
- They understand that all things come and go.
- They do one thing at a time.
- They turn everyday tasks into mindful moments.
- They practice being curious.
- They get outdoors and embrace the beauty of nature.
- They enjoy…
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Tattva
The cosmos is conscious. Consider. You are a conscious being. You are part of the cosmos.I wonder how anybody can look on the universe as something apart from themselves. Is it the great "out there", and the timid creature behind…
Life-changer
A recent Twitter conversation - and, as an aside, how awesome is the #WritingCommunity? - was about epiphanies. You know, those times in your life when the way you see things changes.I remember one moment as a child, when I…
