Author: Andrew Taggart
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On Deathworks And Humanism: My Letter To Peter Limberg
In my letter exchange with Peter Limberg, I explore how humanism is a producer of deathworks. The second section begins as follows: A confession: I am, have become a psychotechnologies wildman. Each day I sit down and meditate 3 times for about 3 hours. The meditations, varied in nature, are contemplations of my true nature.…
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In The Land Of Ur…
In the Land of Ur, long ago it was decreed that no couple shall give birth to a child unless they have first received a blessing from the Elders. It was thought that the Elders, being wise, would know whether the child would live a life of unspeakable torment or one of radiant splendor. If…
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Must We Kiss The Toad?
Is it true, as Advaita Vedanta teacher Rupert Spira suggests in one of his yoga meditations, that thought arises as an avoidance of the seemingly unbearable now? I don’t know. Let’s see. * See whether there is some physical sensation labeled “pain” or whether there is a feeling labeled “suffering.” In the first case, there…
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Plotinus’s Living Cosmos
Cosmos as Living Organism For Plotinus as for other ancients, the cosmos was a living organism. The One, or the nameless absolute, is reality when it is laid bare of every form. It is like the void that precedes all forms, all acts of creation. Yet the One is not nothing nor is it nothingness.…
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The Logic Of The Heart: My Discussion With Johannes Niederhauser
In my second discussion with Johannes Achill Niederhauser, I discuss the role of the “logic of the heart” in the epoch of Total Work. It is an epoch scarcely knows otium, or genuine leisure. Among other things, we ask, “What could be a way out of this situation?” During our discussion, I believe I mentioned my love for…
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