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Are Paranormal Occurrences Real Or Are They A Trick Of The Mind?
Submitted by Odd on Tuesday, February 9, 2016 2:30 AM
When we are told we are being taken to a haunted location, long before we reach our destination, our mind will have already created its own ghosts and demons. In fact, the mind is the common denominator where any respectable paranormal investigator is concerned; and whether you are a sceptic or believer, you can never Read More…
Why Is Mathematics So Successful?
Submitted by Gnosis on Sunday, February 7, 2016 1:32 AM
In earlier epochs, people used mythological and religious narratives to encode all knowledge, even of a scientific and technological character. Words and sentences are still widely deployed in many branches of the Humanities, the encroachment of mathematical modeling and statistics notwithstanding. Yet, mathematics reigns supreme and unchallenged in the natural sciences. Why is that? What Read More…
Is Time Travel Real?
Submitted by Cadet Cyndy on Saturday, February 6, 2016 12:32 AM
What are you doing when you aren't doing anything at all? If you said "nothing," then you just passed a test in logic, but flunked a test in neuroscience about time travel. So what about time travel? When people perform mental tasks-adding numbers, comparing shapes, identifying faces-different areas of their brains become active, and brain Read More…
Bayazidian Sufism: Annihilation Without Ritual
Submitted by SALAAM – Presider on Friday, February 5, 2016 10:21 PM
The sign of God's love is to bestow three attributes on His lover: A generosity like that of the sea, a kindness like that of the sun, and, a humility like that of the earth. – Bayazid by Dr. Alireza Nurbakhsh Sufism has always been presented as a practical, yet at the same time, transcendental school: 'practical' in Read More…
Conditions Necessary To Be A Teacher
Submitted by Ishwa on Friday, February 5, 2016 1:47 AM
In the teacher we must first see that he knows the secret of the scriptures. The whole world reads scriptures — Bibles, Vedas, Korans, and others; but they are only words, external arrangement, syntax, the etymology, the philology, the dry bones of religion. The teacher may be able to find what is the age of Read More…
The Art Of Living And Dying
Submitted by Jacob Weiskopfh Ph.D on Thursday, February 4, 2016 12:21 AM
By Gary “Z” McGee This is Philosophy’s Double-edged Sword… “When Plato’s Socrates states in the Phaedo that philosophy is melete thanatou –that is to say, an intense practice of death – he may mean not just that the object of philosophy should be to help us better cope with our mortality, but also that the Read More…
The Song That Could Kill
Submitted by Glorious Bastard on Wednesday, February 3, 2016 1:22 AM
In December 1932, a down and out Hungarian named Rezső Seress was trying to make a living as a songwriter in Paris, but failing miserably. All of his compositions had failed to impress the music publishers of France, but Seress carried on chasing his dream regardless, determined to become an internationally famous songwriter. His girlfriend had Read More…
The Laws Of Life
Submitted by Rev. Micah Allard on Tuesday, February 2, 2016 11:02 PM
The average person drifts through life without sparing a thought as to its purpose. When facing problems he usually either flees from it, in which case he confronts it in another form because the seed of the problem lies within, or else he submits feebly to its occurrence. In both cases he fails to extract Read More…
Spiritual February
Submitted by Charlotte on Monday, February 1, 2016 1:38 PM
Photo by Charlotte “Four Tao philosophers as cedar waxwings chat on a February berry bush in sun, and I am one.” ~ Robert Frances, Waxwings The word February is born from the Latin word Februarius, from Latin februare meaning to "purify" or "expiate." In ancient Rome, Februarius was the "Month of Purification" and great festivities Read More…
The Brick
Submitted by Tijax Etznab on Sunday, January 31, 2016 10:01 PM
When I was growing up, my grandfather liked to tell me stories that had morals. I enjoyed them very much and always felt like I had learned a little more about life each time he told me one of his stories. Here is a good one I found while researching and thought I would share Read More…
