The World As Experience And Idea

The world is an illusion. This is a view held by Vedanta, Sikhism, Buddhism, Plato, Arthur Schopenhauer, Christian Science, and A Course In Miracles. Contradicting this view is your own sense experience of realness, the constancy of stimulus, the enduring nature of time and events. Which view is correct? The idea of the illusion or your experience of the realness? This answer proposes an objective observer, one who is not part of the system that is being observed. Newton held that time is absolute.... Read more »

Dalai Lama’s Oracle Hits The US

This is not about religion, this is not about cultism, and this is something entirely different. While you have heard of the Dalai Lama, you might not know that he has a “spiritual advisor” known as the Oracle. The Oracle is touring the US and it’s the first time the Oracle has come down from the Himalayas — at the behest of the Dalai Lama (something that Richard Gere has been wishing to happen for eons) to bring the words of wisdom, peace and love to the people of the world... Read more »