By cognition, I mean information processing. This is sometimes called the intellect, the mind, or simply thinking.
Consciousness, by contrast, refers to our awareness of ourselves and the world around us. It is that unique sense of being present—the one … Read the rest
The atheist claims there is no Ultimate Reality. But do you know everything? If not, what you don’t know could be Ultimate Reality. So you cannot definitively deny it; at most, you can say you don’t know whether an Ultimate … Read the rest
A mystic is a person who seeks firsthand experience of Ultimate Reality. Evelyn Underhill clarifies, “Mysticism is the art of union with Reality. The mystic is a person who has attained that union in greater or less degree; or who … Read the rest
The Declaration of Independence begins: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.”… Read the rest
One of modern society’s central problems is that unhealthy food is designed to taste great—and what pleases the palate often harms the body. Flavor is engineered to override restraint, drawing us toward what is convenient, addictive, and nutritionally empty. What … Read the rest
The spirit refers to consciousness—whether the proto-consciousness of a plant, the semi-consciousness of an animal, or the full-blown consciousness of a human.
Once you understand what the spirit is, you will understand that the spiritual concerns the expansion and deepening … Read the rest
