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Situatedness

DASEIN, Being-here, openness, having to be open, connectedness

  • Textimony 20120506

    Becoming LIBERATED means being DELIBERATE in thought & in deed. Embrace opportunity, but DELIVERANCE must come from your own DECISIVE action Continue reading

  • Whatever Etc. #9: Focusing on Situatedness (Cont)

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  • Whatever, Etc. #8: Happy Star Wars Day!

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  • Whatever, Etc: 7, Focusing on Actual Situations, Part 1

    Moving forward in the three aspects of contemplation to giving focus to our actual situatedness… Continue reading

  • Textimony 20120503

    RESOLUTENESS is disciplined DETACHMENT from unnecessary actualities in favor of rigorous ENGAGEMENT with essential possibilities. Be resolute; be liberated! Continue reading

  • Textimony 20120418

    “Truth springs from argument amongst friends.” ~ David Hume Continue reading

  • Textimony 20120410

    Wanton vagabond wanders in vines of withering vanity. Accidental attention to detail. Deliberate explosion of ecstasy: suspended animation. Continue reading

  • Whatever, Etc., #5

    Three Maxims for Diligent Identity Continue reading

  • Crowds & Groups

    When does a community become a crowd? When does a group become a communion? Disconnected from neighbors Dwelling in an area near by each other Yet most alone when side by side Dwindling spark of concern Loving some closely Loving… Continue reading

  • the retention pond of mindfulness

    A beloved friend of mine, Matt K., is currently working on an overview of phenomenological techniques for the online journal Purlieu. As he has worked to accomplish his scholarship, he & I have taken up many conversations concerning Husserl’s phenomenology… Continue reading

  • Textimony 20120304

    We may elucidate the will to power & even make explicit every good reason. Yet ultimately a mystery to ourselves, none shall ever explain our deepest passions. Continue reading

  • Textimony 20120303

    Elucidating your path, uncertainty will precede all great change. Then comes courage followed by dedicated decision or fear followed by reactive retreat. Continue reading

  • Philosophizing as a Way of LIfe

    I do not believe that philosophizing is synonomous with what goes by the name of “philosophy” in the schools. The professions of scholarship, research, and instruction are outcroppings of critical philosophizing but hardly the ultimate expression. (See my Four Kinds… Continue reading

  • eDialog 20120225

    AJ: How can awareness come out of unity? KWB: When does the babe learn to speak? AJ: How did the language develop? KWB: Interesting problem because while it is generally by nature that we speak, no language in particular is more natural than… Continue reading

  • Impossible Silence

    Speaking at me not speaking with me. Moaning inanity, low decible disturbance. Discussion empty of mind. Silence impossible. Continue reading

  • Exchanging Serenity for Searching

    Look unflinchingly into the face of your mortality, put away your idols, unprotect yourself, succumb to the lives of others, trust and embrace them, and live your life. That is how society is built. http://cor omandal.wordpress.com/2011/11/04/to-unprotect-ourselves-for-the-sake-of-bigness-and-of-love/ 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