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Monday, April 21st, 2008
Shiva's Wheel
It would take a book length treatment to convincingly explain what consciousness is starting from the standpoint of common daily experience - something I can't possibly do in this format. Consequently I'm simply going to present my views on what consciousness is. These views aren't a complete picture but ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
Sun Throne
In order to set the stage for my depiction of the nature of consciousness I first need to lay out two fundamentally different experiences we have as human beings. The first is the experience of oneself as a unique subject and the second is to all objects.
Neither experience is ...
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Friday, March 14th, 2008
Stochastic Cathedral
In order to address the hidden significance of Taoism touched on but not explicitly covered in Jung's commentary I'm going to have to add some explanations of my own which are external to CJ's commentary. And while the title of this article is on Circle Symbolism and Consciousness I ...
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Sunday, March 9th, 2008
The Ein-Soph Chalice
s28 “Human nature and life are contained in the ‘light of heaven’ and, according to the Hui Ming Ching, are the most important secrets of the Tao. ‘Light’ is the symbolical equivalent of consciousness, and the nature of consciousness is expressed by analogies with ...
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