February 2020

Time perspectives: The future of the past and the past of the future

The idea of mindfulness, that we should be really completely absorbed in the present moment, is very powerful. And the argument that there is nothing except the present moment also perfectly makes sense. Our sense of time really is up to our own imagination, in some way. We imagine this sort of line of time, …

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Cooking your life

I previously talked about the idea of seeing life like art. Using this metaphor of making art, we can make our lives just like we could make a piece of art. And another fun metaphor that we can use to look at how we approach life is like cooking. Now, of course, in some ways …

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Philosophical escapism: Using logic to convince yourself of whatever you want to believe

In an earlier video I talked about the dangers of spiritual escapism, that in the world of spiritual things, we can really believe whatever we want, and there’s no test of physical reality that can disprove and say “No, your spiritual belief is wrong”, or “Yes, your spiritual belief is right”. Because we can believe …

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