Posts Tagged ‘philosophy’

The Philosophy of Liberty Guiding Principles

Saturday, February 13th, 2010

Beautiful, simple explanation of liberty principles in this flash video, click the picture.

liberty principles philosophy

Problems that arise from the initiation of force by government have a solution. The solution is for people of the world to stop asking officials to initiate force on their behalf. Evil does not arise only from evil people, but also from good people who tolerate the initiation of force as a means to their own ends. In this manner, good people have empowered evil throughout history.

Having confidence in a free society is to focus on the process of discovery in the marketplace of values rather than to focus on some imposed vision or goal. Using governmental force to impose a vision on others is intellectual sloth and typically results in unintended, perverse consequences.

Achieving a free society requires courage to think, to talk, and to act – especially when it is easier to do nothing.

Ken Wilber

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Ken connects yin/yang perfectly for me. He is great Taoist thinker. It will enhance your knowledge about the (non)dualistic world how the macrobiotic also perceives it.

Ken Wilber is the most widely translated academic writer in America, with 25 books translated into some 30 foreign languages, and is the first philosopher-psychologist to have his Collected Works published while still alive. Wilber is an internationally acknowledged leader and the preeminent scholar of the Integral stage of human development, which continues to gather momentum around the world. His many books, all of which are still in print, can be found at Amazon.com. Some of his more popular books include Integral Spirituality; No Boundary; Grace and Grit; Sex, Ecology, Spirituality; and the “everything” books: A Brief History of Everything (one of his largest selling books) and A Theory of Everything (probably the shortest introduction to his work). Ken Wilber is the founder of Integral Institute, Inc., the co-founder of Integral Life, Inc., and the Senior Fellow of Integral Life Spiritual Center.

Read many of his awesome articles here (if they have FREE icon, you can read them without subscribing).
Check out his personal website too.

And I would suggest, to get better know his style, start reading this article – Always Already: The Brilliant Clarity of Ever-Present Awareness.

On another topic, if you have serious illness (cancer), we you are faced with death (and who isn’t), definitely check out this book of him!! It’s completely life changing book and it will leave you fearless and accepting all the life can offer, even the death.

Many interviews with Ken and his deep knowledge at Shambala.com.

What is consciousness – Science and spirituality connects – video lecture

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

If you are good in english, I strongly suggest to watch this video lecture about “Consciousness”.

Messages are spread across many spiritual (new age) books about what we really are, what consciounsess really is. But I bet you have quite mess how to understand it :-)

This video lecture can give you great explanation, based on our racional/western/material/scientific/objective thinking.
It will change your view over the Consciousness – I promise you ;)

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-primacy-of-consciousness/

After watching, you won’t be so much surprised by wild experiments of some people with the subjective reality. And you will appreciate the ideas of Kant much more, if you are into the philosophy.

And I would also like to suggest you to watch another video.
More scientific. Actually, a little bit opposite, because the speaker is strong atheist (from what I understand), but don’t be turned away from this masterpiece talk.

Who cares about the Bing bang, but where the matter that precedes the bing did arise?
Who created the Creator?
You’ll get very interesting answers, logical, mathematical.
How could the Universe start from nothing? Is it possible? They say, it is.

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/a-universe-from-nothing-lecture/

Symphomy of Science – Music, Videos for free Download

Monday, February 1st, 2010

The Symphony of Science is a musical project headed by John Boswell designed to deliver scientific knowledge and philosophy in musical form. Here you can watch music videos, download songs, read lyrics and find links relating to the messages conveyed by the music.

http://www.symphonyofscience.com/
http://www.symphonyofscience.com/downloads.html

Bruce Lee’s Philosophy II

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Bruce Lee’s Philosophy

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009