Category: philosophical counseling
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‘Release the eyes…’
Words that came to me during morning meditation moments before a philosophical conversation: * Release the eyes, the twitching wrists, the furled mouth. Free the neck and go timeless.
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‘Clean the palate before each new word…’
Words that came out of a morning meditation moments before a philosophical conversation: * Clean the palate before each new word. In order to receive each word as new. But each word is new. So, keep the palate clean always.
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Either death is something for us, or else it is nothing for us…
1. Either death is something for us, or else it is nothing for us. 2. If death is something for us, then we can either go along with it, or we can resist it. 2.1. If we resist it, then we will be filled with strife and ultimately we will lose. 2.2. If we go…
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What makes for a good conversation partner in my philosophy practice?
As I examine all of the conversation partners I have been fortunate enough to have philosophical conversations with in the past and present, I come to the tentative conclusions that certain things about them are necessary features and that certain things about the kinds of lives they lead are also necessary. The following features are…
Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. 