Nice setup 😎

Ok. Gonna have to do some research. Have no idea what you are referring to but sounds super interesting!

Wifey is cooking dinner tonight. She has been sick and therefore “off duty” for a week. I know she is feeling better because she is just making shit up for dinner, and I KNOW it’s gonna be awesome! I am convinced that she has the spiritual gift of cooking up a storm! She apparently “can taste things in her mind.” What the fcuk is up with that? Seriously?? I am both humbled and blessed 😇

New Zealand’s government has decided not to recognise the state of Palestine at this time. “Our Government has just confirmed that New Zealand will not be recognising the state of Palestine at this time. With the war still raging, Hamas effectively running Gaza, and no clear path to lasting peace, recognising Palestine now would only complicate efforts to secure a ceasefire for everyone.”

I would say that your ability to think has nothing to do with books. Books give you things to think about. Thinking on the other hand is probably best described as methods of handling information.

It’s that time of the season where you think about lighting the fire for ambience rather than for heat! 🔥

Not sure I see it the same way as you. I would replace the word dumber with a word or phrase that describes either a skill transfer or a cycling out of “old” skills and a cycling in of new ones.

One of my possessions that I am quite fond of. The Cyclopedia of Valuable Receipts (Copyright 1885 & 1897). 1204 pages of knowledge and advice from 140ish years ago. It’s been in my family for nearly all of that time. Standard reference and reading material for early pioneers, settlers and homesteaders.

It’s been a busy day so far. Done the weekly grocery shop, found the owner of a beat up blind old cat that wandered into the yard last night, pushed through a couple loads of laundry and made a batch of cheese scones 🤪 #saturday

Hahahaha like, BUY THE DIP! 🤪🤪

I’m just kinda getting into it.

No. New Zealand 🇳🇿 😀

Gm. Daylight savings today. ☕️🌤️😄

I have 2. I really only need one and could probably be happy with none. I quite like my keyboard controllers, laptop and headphones tbh.

Carrots are starting to sprout 🥕

Gm!

Plenty of life left.

Ok, wow, thanks for this. There is a lot here to think about. I admit that I will need a bit of time to digest it. Appreciate your willingness to offer your insights. Cheers!

From my perspective I don’t think it is an either or situation. Building personal narrative is the result of seeking truth. They are not mutually exclusive.

Yes. That is an implication (realisation) of the statement. A few things tend to happen when presented with this idea. One is that the way an individual has constructed their intellectual argument for what “truth” is and how to arrive at it gets challenged. Most personal truth seeking systems involve clinging to priors and culling new ideas quickly as a support/defence mechanism. It’s rare to find yourself in a place where you can hold two or more competing ideas/theories/arguments for long periods of time for the purpose of impartial analysis. I would argue that a persons concept of truth is being constantly manufactured, either via additive or subtractive intellectual methods. An individual’s current perception of truth is the result of on ongoing process of accepting or rejecting known or new information. The implication is that it is possible to encounter new information or have an experience that does not intellectually support a person’s model of truth which presents the individual an opportunity to change/tweak their truth scaffolding. I have come to the conclusion that holding two potentially contradictory truths simultaneously does not destroy the concept of truth. Rather, at any one time, a person’s “truth” is restricted to their limited experiences, cognitive abilities, predetermined encounters etc. and that the optimal “intellectual posture” is one of being ready to move to the next “truth position.”

Looks interesting!

Well worth thinking about!

Hello! Although I have heard a couple of those names I have only read Chopra’s Metahuman. I will do some research on the others. My current focus is on a couple of the interpretations of quantum mechanics/physics and the simulation hypothesis. I have had experiences that seem best explained from those perspectives. My short context: I was a pastor and did my degree work in theology and youth work. Via working in and around a small cross section of organised Christian communities, continued personal study and encounters with phenomena that are not explained satisfactorily via biblical perspectives, left that work to focus on a different approach to my investigation of what is probably best referred to as the mystical experience.