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Should we scare the hell out of children?
The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. John Milton, Paradise Lost If you are over 40 or come from a…
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The tyranny of tomorrow
All the tortures, all these cruel inventions and cruel ways of martyring oneself, are summed up in a single phrase, “the next day.” Søren Kierkegaard…
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Being “hardly sorry”
O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins, because I dread the loss of heaven, and the pains of hell; but most of…
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Christian Mysticism, Part 3
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Christian mysticism, Part 2
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The essence of Christianity is your own inner movement toward God
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Do you suffer from divine apprehension?
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Praying in your closet
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret. Matthew 6:6 The other day…
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The logical necessity of mysticism
Some readers of this blog may wonder why I quote Ludwig Wittgenstein so often. This essay explains why. Although no thinker exists totally outside of…
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Language learning and un-learning
In Russia, Lev Vygotsky published Thought and Language (links to Amazon) in 1934. Soviet Russia being what it was at the time, Vygotsky’s work did not…
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Why mystics are hard to understand
The limits of my language mean the limits of my world. Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (links to Amazon) Although no thinker exists…
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Upcoming movie you might be interested in
Appealing: A film that could change your (after)life!
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The true meaning of "selflessness"
When you have completely stripped yourself of your own self, and all things and every kind of attachment, and have transferred, made over, and abandoned…
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The essence of Christianity
Most people miss the fundamental point of Christianity
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