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Quarantine Favorites

May 28, 2020 by Beth Reninger Leave a Comment

Avatar The Last Airbender

Strangely enough, my daily rhythms during our quarantine time—from “stay at home” to the more recent “safer at home”—have not been dramatically different from what they had been, before this all began. For quite some time, my yoga/qigong practice has been a “home practice.” And, likewise, the majority of the freelance writing that I’ve recently been engaged with takes place in my home office … …

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Living Philosophy

February 12, 2020 by Beth Reninger Leave a Comment

forest path with stone steps and autumn leaves

A gem from priest-turned-philosopher Pierre Hadot: Logic, physics and ethics distinguish themselves from one another when one speaks of philosophy, but not when one lives it. * …

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Practice Notes: Magic Trick

May 30, 2019 by Beth Reninger Leave a Comment

Magic Trick Sawing Lady in Half

Imagine ... taking your son or daughter, or niece or nephew, or younger brother or sister to a magic show. One of the acts performed by the magician is the well-known "sawing a lady in half." You and your child-friend watch as the magician opens the coffin-like wooden box, and helps his lovely assistant to lie down in it—with only her head and her feet protruding, on opposite ends. With The …

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Analytic Idealism

May 20, 2019 by Beth Reninger Leave a Comment

Greek Philosophers

I've followed the work of Bernardo Kastrup—in particular his critiques of materialism—on and off for several years now, and have greatly appreciated it. So was delighted (if a bit surprised) to hear that he was pursuing a Ph.D. in philosophy. Here Mr. Kastrup defends his Ph.D dissertation titled Analytic Idealism: A consciousness-only ontology—during which he provides a succinct overview of his …

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Practice Notes: Directed Thought & Evaluation

February 15, 2019 by Beth Reninger Leave a Comment

topology mug into donut

Weather Report This phrase—directed thought and evaluation—has been popping into my mind, as of late, largely in relation to renewed interest in questions of agency, choice, volition, intention, and so-called free will. I’ve contemplated these issues previously, and recorded my provisional conclusions in Do I Choose My Thoughts?—which I invite you to check out, if you haven’t already. It’s an …

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Chasing Our Own Tails At Light-Speed

January 24, 2019 by Beth Reninger Leave a Comment

Van Gogh The Starry Night

Very rich conversation here (and below) between Jeffrey Mishlove and Bernardo Kastrup, revolving largely around the differences between materialism and idealism--with Mr. Kastrup advocating for a particular form of metaphysical idealism. The materialist assumption of consciousness being produced by matter (which exists independently of consciousness) is what Bernardo dubs as "chasing our own …

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