Consciousness

Dec 9, 2021

On the Nature of the Self

In a spirit of philosophical enquiry intended to make us think deeply about inherited ideas, in this article I will be pushing the boundaries of what it means to have a personal identity. Continue reading

Reflections, Spirituality

Consciousness, enlightenment, faith, God, identity, metaphysics, mysticism, Philosophy, psychology, religion, Theology, yoga
Apr 27, 2020

Dimensions of Reality

Good morning everyone, I hope you had a good weekend. Today’s post is another in my Praise and Prose series, which looks at the way we use language to talk about matters of faith and spirituality, and how this language could change in order to better reflect reality. In my last post in this series, Continue reading

Praise and Prose

cause and effect, Consciousness, enlightenment, faith, God, language, linguistic philosophy, Panentheism, Philosophy, reality, sovereignty, Spirituality, Theology
Jul 18, 2019

Modes of Mind (video)

In this week’s Deep Thoughts About God video I offer some reflections upon the various types of mental experience we have and how they relate to an omnipresent God. When we closely examine what constitutes our ‘character’ or ‘personality’, we can see that they are a combination of different types of mental experience which I Continue reading

Reflections

Consciousness, faith, Free Will, God, Mental Health, mindfulness, modes of mind, Philosophy, philosophy of mind, religion, Spirituality, Theology, theory of mind
Jul 11, 2019

God’s Control of Mental States (video)

Hi everyone! In this week’s Deep Thoughts About God video I discuss what some of the more unusual experiences I’ve had in my mental health journey have taught me about God’s relationship with the human mind. I also talk a bit about how experimenting with some illicit substances (a long time ago!) made me see Continue reading

Reflections

altered states, Consciousness, drugs, Mental Health, neuroscience, Philosophy, reality, Spirituality, the human mind, Theology
Feb 12, 2015

Suffering, Death, and the Afterlife

When I was a Christian I had great faith that there would be a place in heaven waiting for me when I died. This faith gave me the confidence to live more freely and fearlessly. There are many things I miss about being a Christian, and this confidence in a blissful afterlife is one of Continue reading

Life After Death, Suffering

Christianity, Consciousness, death, faith, Free Will, God, prayer, suffering, theodicy, Theology, Ultimate Truth
Jul 11, 2014

Life After Death

I believe that consciousness is eternal. What I mean by this is that there never was or will be a time when you were/are not alive. Just because we don’t remember being babies doesn’t mean we weren’t once babies, and in the same way, I believe we existed long before birth, but do not have Continue reading

Life After Death, Reflections

Christianity, Consciousness, dying, faith, God, heaven, hell, reincarnation, religion, resurrection

About Me

My name is Steven Nicholas Colborne.
I’m a philosopher and author living in the United Kingdom. On this blog, I write about matters of philosophy and religion and share a variety of personal articles.

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Perfect Chaos

Consciousness

On the Nature of the Self

Dimensions of Reality

Modes of Mind (video)

God’s Control of Mental States (video)

Suffering, Death, and the Afterlife

Life After Death

About Me

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