Tag: synthesis

  • Synthesis Of Experience

    Synthesis Of Experience

    As with all philosophical and practical considerations, not much can be accomplished without an agreement of terms. So I will begin by asking some questions. How do we know we are alive? Experiences. How do we distinguish our selves from our experiences? Heartbeat, respiration, brain wave activity. That only means that the body is alive.…

  • Truth is in the Synthesis

    Truth is in the Synthesis

    To take a page from hermetic philosophy, the reality we seek is between the opposites. You have the idea or hypothesis about life, and most often we just stick with this. Then we have the antithesis or fear that our ideas are wrong. Between the opposites, is that similar to the Buddhists’ “Middle Path”? Similar…