Materialism, in philosophy, the view that all facts (including facts about the human mind and will and the course of human history) are causally dependent upon physical processes, or even reducible to them.
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Layers & Levels Punto 3: Vortexography
There are lots of different layers and levels even on this one-dimensional plane of a continuous, curved line on paper. There’s a lot going on in this one simple thing; as is true of all things.
Layers & Levels Chapter Five: Heaven Earth & Man
Venerating the past in itself will not solve the world’s problems. We need to find the link between our traditions and our present experience of life. Nowness, or the magic of the present moment, is what joins the wisdom of the past with the present. When you appreciate a painting or a piece of music or a work of literature, no matter when it was created, you appreciate it now. You experience the same now in which it was created. It is always now.
Layers & Levels Introduction Part Two
The Layers and Levels Series forms a book with three sections.
Layers & Levels Chapter Four: Story One
No matter how we strive to banish the Dark and Ugly sides of our Nature, we must value them for all have a place under Heaven in this our Sacred Realm; moreover, once we have made a vow we should keep it no matter the consequences trusting that a just reward will be ours in this life or the next.
Layers & Levels Chapter Three: Introducing the Six Realms of Samsaric Existence
“As we go along from moment to moment, day to day, life to life, awareness and our thoughts keep shaping the life we lead. Cumulatively, the effect is tremendous. We can create for ourselves a tunnel lined with rags and deprivation or an open world of wealth and genuine communication – dark worlds, bright worlds, moderate worlds – so many different worlds can be created based on karma 1 we keep creating through our thoughts and projections.” 2
Layers & Levels: Punto 2
Trudging home in the snow
Each crunch under foot
Telling the tale of our heartbreak
Layers & Levels Chapter Two: Of Yin and Yang and the Five Phases
The language of symbol is a portal into insight about natural experience with thus observed nature displaying further layers and levels of insight into how to read such experience; indeed reality reveals itself as a living process of continuously self-expressing symbolic language.
Layers & Levels: Punto 1
Peasant gourmet: one of many things at which the French excel!
Layers & Levels Series Chapter One: The Five Skandhas
The five skandhas basically describe what and how we experience ourselves as a ‘me’ or ‘we’. There are different layers and levels to this experience which is why they are such a perfect fit for Chapter One of this Series.
Series: Layers & Levels Introduction
The following series will gradually explore an idea which has been steadily emerging of late namely that experience, aka ‘reality’, is never really just one thing, rather many things at once. This is not an especially original or earth-shaking notion, but it keeps coming up because so often people express opinions or make plans as if it were not the case, that reality all happens on one level, that there is one single, definable, perceivable, understandable reality without different layers and levels.
Yi: Wood Dragon Year: Moscow 32–3 > 40 < 43
After suffering many setbacks and depredations
Russia’s spirit has endured and will continue to sacrifice and hold fast
Peace develops from steadily devolving authority to municipal leadership
Releasing a flood of freedom ‘neath lightning flashes of joy ascendant
All involving the fearless proclamation of truth aligned with God in Heaven.
Yi: Wood Dragon Year 17 (>18) < 53
Powerful Dragon Year
Thrusting pleasure tempered by well-measured discipline
Healing long-standing family hurts with gatherings, meetings, celebrations
Steady progress, spreading tranquil dignity
Joyous Heaven; Shocking Earth; Steadily progressing Man.
Good augury!
Wood Dragon Year Beijing 54-2 > 51 < 63
Reforms resulted in Usurpers assuming power
From the level of the Family
Will come Shocking Change
All involving Completion, integration, balance.
Article 84 – Bucs @ Lions Playoff
“The entire top hexagram changes from Fire to Water. The Derived is ‘The Abysmal’ Water doubled. This is about digging deep, warriorship, going with the flow, a supreme challenge. If they hold to their spirit, they will prevail. If they don’t they will be broken.
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