Rationality is a white cane of the blind
Explaining things is undoubtedly innate to modern man, and therefore nearly all critical issues of humanity are related to explaining one way or another. Maybe that is why various ethical and philosophical groups, non-profit…
I'll shortly describe the problems that an unsuccessful transformation related to mental ageing causes in an adult individual. The source of the problem is almost impossible to spot because nothing happens in our minds as we move from adolescence to adulthood, even…
One of humankind's strangest tacit agreements is that grown-up people call themselves "adults". They are not adults, and they know it for themselves. They are overage teenagers in adult bodies. That is why people tend to speak of constant development and growth.…
This article argues that the story of Adam and Eve can be interpreted as a psychological explanation for the problematic nature of humans. It suggests that the serpent represents a traitorous gene that caused humans to become mentally juvenile and that the…
Mysticism and Philosophy is a book on mystical experience published by Walter Terence Stace in 1960. Stace's work is, as its name implies, a philosophical work. It is not about life skills or an ethical guide but a clarification of concepts (mostly…
First, transcendental experiences belong only to adulthood, be they spontaneous or psychedelic. Already the young may get some idea of the subconscious, but our bodies naturally do not allow them to experience anything deeper than that. The young grow up as they…
I am redefining mental adulthood as a consequence of my hypothesis. The mystical experience can only be understood, in my view, as a lost and suddenly re-appearing adulthood. So it is something very different from the ”social” adulthood we are used to.…
Not through psychedelics, but through a mystical experience. Mystical experience has been quite well described in Wikipedia, while it is not explained there as I see it. I am referring, in particular, to the rarely manifested version of it which is produced…
The cost of our innate tendency to resist change is that we will never feel cohesion with nature. We will always be strangers there. Sadly enough, we will carry the arrogance of a teenager within us forever. Our mental world will always…
I respect Alan Watts (1915-73), widely known for his books and speeches on Oriental philosophy. He speaks openly and clearly, always intending to get the listener to understand the heart of his message. And I think he only really had one, but all…