Tag: spirituality
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Understanding “Understanding” and the Definition of “Definition”
In the last post I said that I understood life and the world pretty well. That is a grand claim. Based on what I’ve seen, most academic philosophers try to avoid such claims. I once heard a professional philosopher on a podcast say, “I don’t know what philosophy is.” “So you’re charging students to teach…
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Put Your Puppy on a Leash: My Take on Meditation
In which I describe my new meditation technique using visual focus to control mental attention.
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Why Nihilism?
Heartbreak When I was 16 years old, I fell in love and got my heart broken. Teenagers deal with their first heartbreak in many ways but I chose to deal with it by diving into philosophy and asking myself some deep questions: What is love? What is life? Why am I alive? What am I…
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