Perennial Philosophy – Page 3

July 16, 2023

APHORISM 16July2023

What good is a chance if you do NOT take it? Do you think opportunities just lie about waiting for when you feel ready? No! The opportune time is a moment of recognition: The weird winds of life have blown… Continue reading

July 4, 2023

The Devil and Thomas Jefferson

America is ruled by Mammon wearing the skin of Christian Nationalist Jesus. But that doesn’t mean all hope is lost… Continue reading

July 1, 2023

Sometimes… Faith

a small poem on the synesthetics of faith in humanity Continue reading

June 29, 2023

Finding unexpected meanings

Take care with how you read but do not be afraid to find new interpretations. Continue reading

May 10, 2023

Ready… set… leap!

Obviously, folks make leaps all the time: they leap for real joy, they leap to invalid conclusions, they leap into bad deals, etc. So a distinction must be drawn between springing-forth from the solid ground of critical experience (the dance… Continue reading

April 30, 2023

Reading my life as a “useless passion”

Problem posing from my experience increases my existential literacy in the direction of liberatory praxis. Continue reading

April 28, 2023

Philosophical Faith

Philosophical Faith, according to Karl Jaspers, provides each person a way of understanding the world and their place in it. Unlike religious belief, there is no need for a special revelation from a prophetic figure nor any required dogma to… Continue reading

April 26, 2023

When daddy went homeward

A small memory of faith, hope, and love. Continue reading

April 24, 2023

Aphorism Injection 24 April 2023

Playing with the root word L. IACERE (to throw). Continue reading

March 25, 2023

Aphorism 25Mar2023

If I am willing to be open to the uncertainty of being in the lifeworld alongside all these others also struggling toward liberation, I must never forget: Evolution is neither preservation of the status quo nor conservation of the familiar;… Continue reading

March 24, 2023

Some thoughts on guilt and innocence

To the degree that there is an intentionality to guilt. it would involve consciousness of failure. In this sense, I mean failure to do the right thing: either because you failed to do right on purpose or by accident. Existentially,… Continue reading

March 18, 2023

Aphorism 17Mar2023

Do not talk to show-off the many things in your stable of understandings. Rather, speak to shine-forth the experience of passing-through this moment. Otherwise, remain in the dignity of silence. Flowing quietly with the Encompassing Now/Here, how can there be… Continue reading