From where does love originate? Many thinkers have attempted to pin down its cause, but whether it be romantic or platonic, from where love originates remains elusive and amorphous. In one of the most beautiful descriptions of love, Michel de Montaigne left the cause of his friendship with Étienne de La Boétie firmly in the […]
Read MoreI have been playing this phone game called Homescapes by the company Playrix which has caused me to think of how, in some ways, it brings to light issues related to why we do the things we do and the nature of reality. The premise of the game is that you are trying to help […]
Read MoreWhat if the natural world were seen as something more than mechanistic matter obeying a theory of survival?
Read MoreEmbrace the mystery and wonder of existence by acknowledging the immensity that is inside of you.
Read MoreThe universe as we know it is mind-boggling large. In fact, we cannot even properly conceive of it.
Read MoreObjectively, the L-wing was a small building on the backside of Temple High School. Existentially, it was much more.
Read MoreNote – this is part three of a three part series. In the previous post, Biological and Existential Meaning, I took the claim that the universe is without meaning and explored it strictly from a biological and existential perspective. This investigation into meaning cannot be complete without considering metaphysical meaning, which might also be called […]
Read MoreWhere Did We Come From? Do you remember the first time you had that moment where the immensity, size, range, ratio and infinite nature of the universe suddenly struck you, and it was so overwhelmingly massive, your mind could not create a container large enough to hold it? And you wondered where it came from, […]
Read MoreIs imagining something any less real than actually doing it? And if so, what does this say about experience?
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