self-enquiry

Feb 7, 2023

Self-Enquiry

In my debut book release (The Philosophy of a Mad Man) I described the experience of self-enquiry, a yoga practice propounded by the late Indian guru Sri Ramana Maharshi. The practice, which I undertook for several years, involves asking oneself the question ’Who am I?’ and investigating the mental tendencies associated with the ‘I’ thought. Continue reading

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Be As You Are, Buddhism, enlightenment, faith, Free Will, Hinduism, Philosophy, Ramana Maharshi, religion, self-enquiry, self-realisation, Spirituality
Jul 30, 2020

The Nature of Forms: Where Plato Went Wrong

I’ve been thinking about the way our thoughts and feelings relate to the external world, and considering the nature of our reactions to external things and how those reactions occur independently of the nature of the objects we perceive. Allow me to elaborate a little. The ancient Greek philosopher Plato believed in what he referred Continue reading

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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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