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Feb 7, 2012

God in Inanimate Objects

It is easy to see how God is active in living creatures, but it is perhaps rather harder to envisage what ‘God is doing’ in the case of inanimate objects, like tables or books. When I look at a table and investigate its nature, an obvious question arises – is God making the table be, Continue reading

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cosmos, divine, faith, God, infninity, omnipresence, ontology, Philosophy, religion, table, Theology
Feb 5, 2012

Free Will

Have you ever wondered about the distinction between the things that you are doing, and the things that are simply ‘happening’? Let us look at this distinction in terms of our common experience. As I write this sentence, I would say certain things are ‘just happening’. My heart is beating, blood is flowing through my Continue reading

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action, cause and effect, experience, Free Will, God, Philosophy, The Philosophy of a Mad Man
Feb 4, 2012

Shaking with Ratu

On my hands and knees, leaning over a small plastic bucket, I am vomiting violently. The blare of fast-paced music and the wailing and yelping of those shaking their bodies behind me provide the soundtrack to my convulsions. I am desperate that the double dose of liquid tobacco solution that I have just squirted up Continue reading

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Bali, meditation, Philosophy, Ratu Bagas, shaking meditation, sickness, Spirituality, The Philosophy of a Mad Man

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