I do not believe that I am a disembodied spirit, somehow magically tied to this body. What I do believe is that this existence, in and of itself, along with our innate power of reason, will provide all that we need to learn about…
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(Re)Introducing Neutral Monism
Neutral monism is the position that everything that exists is all of a single ontologically fundamental type. There is just one fundamental type of thing in all existence; and that thing either includes the mental and the physical at its foundational level. This neutral…
There is a hashtag in social media that describes a recent, though hardly novel concept: #WOKE. In this current context, being “woke” is a description of a politically charged state of consciousness, above and beyond previously normal states, that entails a new level of…
The Ocean of Experience As conscious beings, we are ever swimming in a sea of mind, continuously saturated by the tidal ebb and flow of sense data from rich, complex, and accessible floods of phenomenal expression. It is no small wonder that we have…
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Abstract of Closing the Experiential Gap of Consciousness: An Introduction to Relational Qualityism
Perhaps all of the metaphysical models of consciousness from mainstream western philosophy have failed to satisfactorily close the substance dualism gap; but certainly all of them have failed to close the experiential gap of consciousness. Philosopher, David Chalmers calls for a new Hegelian synthesis…
By Brian Scott Archibald Originally Published June 30, 2015 Service, in its deepest sense, is an act of love. By serving others, I am sharing myself. I am giving something very personal to those I serve. I am expressing my love of humanity through…
Being of service is empowering to each and every one of us. The more we are of service; the better we become at being of service; the better we feel about ourselves; the better we feel about others; the better our outlook on life,…
We did not ask to be here. Our existence is a brute fact, over which we had no control and about which no deciding voice. We were literally dragged kicking and screaming into this world. Those who brought us here without our consent, therefore,…
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Why We Fight: Finding the Core of Our Humanity to Avoid Cultural Conflict and Embrace Our Call to Service
Our world is full of competing and conflicting ideas about what to believe and how to behave. We argue about what is right and what is wrong, about what is best for ourselves and for each other, and about how we are supposed to…
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Through mutual service, we can build a better society, grow a sustainable and thriving economy, and develop and nurture happier, more fulfilled people.
Morality, as it turns out, is an effective survival strategy, not simply the right thing to do. Morality is, at its core, essentially practical. While also being a spiritually fulfilling aspect of human life, morality ensures that we both endure and thrive, not simply…
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Moral Action in an Inequitable Economy: How Service Can Resolve Our Socioeconomic Inequality Crisis
“America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves…. It is in fact a crime for an American to be poor, even though America is a nation of poor. Every other nation…