Re: Spirit, Kosmos, Essence

Posted on Jun 18th, 2009 by kelamuni in Integral Post-metaphysical Spirituality

Here is an interesting article in a similar vein by Richard Robinson: " Classical Indian Axiomatic ."  It's not an easy read, and it has to reread and digestged, but I think it's very good... More »

The difficulty of teaching science

Posted on May 7th, 2009 by Dale Husband in Universal Science Forum

Most people take science courses in high school or college that are required of them, and once they graduate their science education stops. They learn no more, because science is not central to their chosen... More »

"cease to cherish opinion"

Posted on Apr 27th, 2009 by karmarider in Awakening -- just right here, right now

from www.beyond-karma.com Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen. Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor’s cup full, and then kept on pouring.... More »

Re: paradigm shift

Posted on Apr 26th, 2009 by Silent Temple in Now I Can See the Moon

Hi Carl,   Buddha was aware of the importance of causation – the causes of both mental and physical phenomena – but in part referenced from his culture and its degree of knowledge. Like Aristotle,... More »

Re: FM2- Sylvia & FastDart in Conversation

Posted on Apr 5th, 2009 by ~KES in Gaia Networking~Enhance your Community Experience

Until... "Until" If I caught the world in a bottle And everything was still beneath the moon Without your love would it shine for me? If I was smart as Aristotle And understood the rings... More »

Re: What/Who are Gaia quotes FOR?

Posted on Mar 17th, 2009 by Tsuya in Gaia Quotes Project

Welcome, william!  I am so glad you decided to join the group... THANK YOU for taking the time to share your perspective. I agree completely that the quotes on gaia set it apart from the... More »

Re: What/Who are Gaia quotes FOR?

Posted on Mar 16th, 2009 by sherab in Gaia Quotes Project

Hello, I'm new here, Tsuya invited me a few weeks ago. I want to chime in here to say that I really think that the quotations are there as an educational database. The collection does... More »

Re: Great Quote

Posted on Mar 14th, 2009 by Meenakshi in 50+stars*~Half a century & more on earth

I'd love to! As a quotes librarian on Gaia, I spend some time at the Quotes section daily. The one you've quoted is really apt because I've been thinking just that, as I read the... More »

Re: Roster March 9 - March 23

Posted on Mar 13th, 2009 by Meenakshi in Gaia Quotes Project

OK, now I see that Aristotle after P. 13 seems to have sources added and so on. I don't want to handle the quotes right now of our resident coach with >1000 quotes. So, onward... More »

Re: Roster March 9 - March 23

Posted on Mar 13th, 2009 by Meenakshi in Gaia Quotes Project

chuckling at yr note! :) starting with new ones - 70681 down to 70680 with one duplicate so far. will do new till i come across my quote and then on to aristotle p. 7

Who are we?

Posted on May 7th, 2009 by rugged_gurl1

Who am I? I am such a boring person, just kidding, not really.  I am a female, diverse, multi-colored, multi-talented, cat lady, health conscious, loving, flawed with errors & a whole lot more in luggage... More »

The art of being right

Posted on Apr 22nd, 2009 by Ketutar

There is a philosopher called Arthur Schopenhauer . He has written this thing called " the art of being right ". I wrote a short version of the list here: Logical Fallacies The main thing... More »

Insanity

Posted on Mar 29th, 2009 by Zink

Thoughtfood for  Sunday, March 29, 2009 Insanity I had no idea how truly insane my drinking behavior was, and could not bear to face it when it was suggested that I was in fact mentally... More »

Seneca on Pleasures & Punishments

Posted on Mar 16th, 2009 by Brian

“ So called pleasures, when they go beyond a certain limit, are but punishments.” ~ Seneca from Letters from a Stoic Deeply influenced by the classic Greek philosophers like Aristotle, the Stoics were/are all about... More »

On Sagehood and the Love of Wisdom

Posted on Mar 10th, 2009 by kelamuni

Since the time of the classical Greeks, it has generally been thought in the West that there are no longer sages to be found, that sage-hood belongs to a bygone era, a mythic era represented... More »

Something to think about...

Posted on Feb 22nd, 2009 by The Peace Goddess

"The maps of real knowledge, designed for real life, showed nothing except things which allegedly could be proved to exist. The first principle of the philosophical mapmakers seemed to be, 'If in doubt, leave it... More »

Fallacy of Pre/Post Fallacy - or - KW's Shadow

Posted on Feb 19th, 2009 by Creative Philosopher

Edit: 25.02.09 I have changed some of my views below in light of further reading of Wilber. However it demonstrates my immediate "immunological reaction"; which essentially, to a degree, still stands Wilber (or not himself,... More »

What have you learned about love?

Posted on Feb 16th, 2009 by Nece

I learn that despite how pain and how rare love it. It exist and it could just be the healing enigma that the world and all the individuals within needs. And I don't want to... More »

Love is...

Posted on Jan 2nd, 2009 by Nece

I think that love is a choice . I think that it's innate and even natural for us to be attracted to many different individuals for different reasons, but I think ultimately, you end up... More »

New Rules for the New Economy

Posted on Dec 27th, 2008 by inlink

Talk about a white Christmas, for the last four days my wireless Internet connection has been inoperative, probably due to the 18 inch snowfall. I live in a forest. The trees were heavily laden with... More »

This only is denied to God: the power to undo the past.

PERIPATETIC, adj. Walking about. Relating to the philosophy of Aristotle, who, while expounding it, moved from place to place in order to avoid his pupil's objections. A needless precaution - they knew no more of the matter than he.

ZOOLOGY, n. The science and history of the animal kingdom, including its king, the House Fly ("Musca maledicta"). The father of Zoology was Aristotle, as is universally conceded, but the name of its mother has not come down to us.

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of the circumstances.

Anything that we have to learn we learn by the actual doing of it. . . . We become just by performing just acts, temperate by performing temperate ones, brave by performing brave ones.

Anybody can become angry - that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.

He overcomes a stout enemy who overcomes his own anger.

Beauty depends on size as well as symmetry. No very small animal can be beautiful, for looking at it takes so small a portion of time that the impression of it will be confused. Nor can any very large one, for a whole view of it cannot be had at once, and so there will be no unity and completeness.

Beauty is the gift of God.

Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.

Nucleus of the Absolute

Formal Non-fiction Book Proposal connected with the "Theory of Everything" Dear friends, soon, we intend to make... More »

Despair and Hope - Sustaining Life

def.   despair : loss of hope def.  hope : the feeling that what is wanted can... More »