The ego is nothing more than a self-aware organism’s experience of itself. That’s it. It isn’t a “thing” and it isn’t really synonymous with anything that can be called a thing –certainly not your organism itself, unless you are constantly aware that you are growing hair and pumping blood and doing billions of other activities.more »

A long post I wrote in a debate about consciousness, life, death and the afterlife.  Posted here for posterity.  Read it if you wish: —————————————————————————– I don’t fear death any more than I feared birth. What’s to fear? Dying painfully, maybe. But even under the worst conditions that is still a brief segment of time,more »

I originally wrote this in response to seeing this quote by Thomas Merton posted in group I belong to. I had commented earlier, to effect, that five years wasn’t enough for me. I decided to elaborate in a later comment and what follows is that comment, edited slightly for context: Thirty years ago I wasmore »

This Text Can Be Found in the Book,  The Evolution of Consent: Collected Essays (Vol. II) evolutionofconsent.com   Introduction The two philosophies explored in my work most include dualist pantheism and geo-mutualist panarchism. Dualist pantheism, of course, is a metaphysical position, while geo-mutual panarchism is a position relating to political economy. This essay will exploremore »

This Text Can Be Found in the Book,  The Evolution of Consent: Collected Essays (Vol. II) evolutionofconsent.com My beliefs are often found to be controversial. Not the least controversial of my ideas, are my beliefs that the Universe— The All— is eternal, necessary, perfect, and absolute. Being eternal, the Universe spans all of time, frommore »

This Text Can Be Found in the Book, The Evolution of Consent: Collected Essays (Vol. I) evolutionofconsent.com Introduction The world seems to be a very divided place. Duality seems to be a common aspect of our Universe. We will be taking a look at the duality and spectrum inherent in our perspective. Beginning with themore »

This Text Can Be Found in the Book,  The Evolution of Consent: Collected Essays (Vol. I) evolutuionofconsent.com God and the Bees I’ve learned so much about existence just from having a garden. No, not just from the books I’ve read about it!, but by being able to immerse myself in life, and to surround myselfmore »

This Text Can Be Found in the Book,  The Evolution of Consent: Collected Essays (Vol. I) evolutionofconsent.com This was originally composed for a speech given to the People’s Arcane School on November 4, 2012 in Fort Worth, Texas. ____________________________________ Introduction Dualist pantheism is a family of thought which views God as the Universe, and whichmore »

Monotheism, Trinity theism and polytheism cast humanity as childlike, with a Heavenly Father, Mother, or Group of Gods periodically observing our actions. As God’s children, we are prone to making mistakes. This view of humanity as permanently immature suggests we are incapable of addressing our own problems, and must rely on a Cosmic Parent tomore »