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Perennial Philosophy

  • Reading Suggestion: Peter Kingsley

    One of the nice things about being an amateur philosopher is that I can recommend publicly to folks things that my professional philosopher friends would never recommend in an open forum even if it is something they happen to enjoy reading. [Peter]… Continue reading

    Reading Suggestion: Peter Kingsley

  • Mentorship

    The highest function of the teacher consists not so much in imparting knowledge as in stimulating the pupil in the love and pursuit of knowledge. To know how to suggest is the art of teaching. Henri Frederic Amiel, philosopher and… Continue reading

  • All and None

    Get-over unnecessary bias. Esteem one: hate the rest. Esteem NONE: esteem ALL. No human position is so absolute that there is no counter-position available. With ALL, certainty melts into insecurity. With NONE, security slips into uncertainty. Let go one: gain… Continue reading

    All and None

  • gospel music

    I am from a family that likes to sing. I started as a young boy in the mid-60’s singing along with my mom and aunts and my brother. Lots of religious music infuses my way of looking at the world.… Continue reading

  • Serving the Masses

    When the titanic apparatus of the mass-order has been consolidated, the individual has to serve it, and must from time to time combine with his fellows in order to renovate it. If he wants to make his livelihood by intellectual… Continue reading