Category: Spirituality & Existence

Exploring purpose, deeper questions, and reflecting on religion, spirituality and different philosophical/spiritual perspectives.
Topics: Taoism, Stoicism, Zen, mindfulness, and life’s bigger mysteries.

Why You Feel So Lost – And What You Can Still Hold On To

Why You Feel So Lost – And What You Can Still Hold On To You wake up. You check your phone. Maybe you scroll through news or social media. Maybe you make a plan for the day, go to work, handle your tasks, reply to messages. But somewhere beneath it all, you feel a strange … Continue reading Why You Feel So Lost – And What You Can Still Hold On To →

If I Must Live in Pain Until I Die, Here’s How I’ll do it.

I guess the coldest truth which brings comfort Is that this life won't last forever.  The ride will come to an end one day. The pain will stop.  So then the question becomes,  if I am doomed to live with pain until I die,  is it possible for me to do so?  Is it possible … Continue reading If I Must Live in Pain Until I Die, Here’s How I’ll do it. →

We Are Not Designed to Live Alone (our modern culture gets this very wrong). To Suffer Less, Live With Others

Our biology and psychology evolved under group conditions. For literally millions of years we lived always around other people. We shared the existential burden of life. We did not live alone. Our culture gets this terribly wrong. It's the cause of much of our suffering. I don't think its possible to deal with the existential … Continue reading We Are Not Designed to Live Alone (our modern culture gets this very wrong). To Suffer Less, Live With Others →

More stuff won’t heal your emptiness: The metaphysical cannot be filled by the physical.

The metaphysical cannot be filled by the physical. In other words, if you feel empty inside, doing/getting physical things will not help you, they will not make you feel better. You need to find meaning and purpose. This is just like how you can't think your way to a full stomach, or hydrated body. You … Continue reading More stuff won’t heal your emptiness: The metaphysical cannot be filled by the physical. →

The Threefold Anchor: Mind, Body, and Soul

There is a law of harmony between mind, body, and soul. When these three stand apart, we suffer. When they anchor into one another, we are made whole.This essay is an articulation of that law. Not a theory, but a map home. I. The Mind Is Water The mind is not a solid thing. It … Continue reading The Threefold Anchor: Mind, Body, and Soul →

A possible third strand of the person: the numinous core (the soul)

also at our deepest core there does seem to be a spiritual dimension. a desire for the numenant - i forget the word, means like beyond the apparant, beyond teh material and physical , desire for the trancendanetal, every single culture across the world, from the earliest history to this very day does this. Even … Continue reading A possible third strand of the person: the numinous core (the soul) →

⟡ UNIFIED PERSON THEORY (UPT) ⟡

The Unified Person Theory (UPT) is a philosophical model of the human being that explains the structure of subjectivity through two inextricably linked functional modes: consciousness and the felt self. These are not separate substances or dualistic entities—they are interwoven strands of a single being. Together, they form the person.

SELF An investigation into the nature and existence of the Self (WORKING THEORY- UNFINISHED)

A working investigation into the nature and workings of the Self. i present the up to date working notes. Including my new CONSTELLATION THEORY. Note: the other speaker is my AI. that i used to act as my dialogue partner like the old philosophers would do. The concept is wayy to difficult at times to simply keep in my head without dialogue based investiagtion. may the great Infinity make this work useful. Note: its unfinished, and im not sure what of it is fully ttrue, and what is yet to be changed.

The Infinity at the Bottom — I Can Show You God

DON'T READ THIS IF YOU HAVE A FRAGILE MIND. I can show you God. That’s not a joke. At the bottom of reality—Where the limits of my subjective perception lie,Where our subjectivity ends,Where we can go no further— There is the abyss. This abyss is the great unknowable. The infinite. And that is just another … Continue reading The Infinity at the Bottom — I Can Show You God →