Recent content by GrahamLewis

"Only those who know darkness can truly appreciate light; only those who acknowledge darkness can even see the light." Ernest Kurtz and Katherine Ketcham, The Spirituality of Imperfection (Bantam 2002) p. 61

Yeah, I'd go more with terrifying or at least worrisome.

"Interesting" is an interesting word to use here.

"What we call the basic truths are simply the ones we discover after all the others." Albert Camus, The Fall.

Not especially unhappy, more like bemused. Today I found the certificate for my appointment as Law Clerk for the federal district court, tucked away in a drawer. It's a typed form from 1989, with my name written in (by myself) and signed by my Judge. Old, worn, and tattered paper. I put in a...

I see and appreciate where you are coming from. And respect it. I would just suggest this. Each morning when I meditate I set some sort intention for the day. Today I went back to an old one, "to seek the truth." What I had in mind when I first set it out, and still have in mind, is...

Now you're going to make me Google it. Or is this something I should know?

The answer in any case is 42.

I respectfully disagree. I think you've broken the link between truth and any connection to verifiable reality. What's the difference between your subjective truth and a sincere belief? Why not just call it a belief or opinion that one acts in accord with, and reserve truth for what you call...

This invites the question, how do you define "truth" -- if one person believes one thing to be true, and another believes the opposite to be true, how can they both be true? If I -- and most people -- believe the earth is round, and another sincerely believes it is not, does that mean both are...

I don't think it has "baffled" philosophers because it's not really a philosophical question. Someone, I think it was the Gestalt psychologist Fritz Perls, once called "why" a bullshit question, because it invites speculation and any such answer is not really subject to challenge. Lawyers hate...

Don't know how often you usually get shovelable snow, but in most cases a snowblower is cheaper than a heart attack.

"I have found that you . . . have to take that one step toward the gods and they will then take ten steps toward you. That step, the heroic first step, is out of, or over the edge of, your boundaries, and it often must be taken before you know that you will be supported." Diane K. Osbon...

Irreligious balderdash

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