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Choosing a web framework, meta-rationally
A case study in meta-rational judgment.
This post demystifies a critically important process; one that is often misunderstood as “a matter of taste,” “intuitive,” or even as deliberate obfuscation.
Creating conduits between the visionary realm and the actual world
Statue of Gesar, the Good King of Ling. Photo CC BY-SA 4.0 Hana Cincerova
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Introduction [00:00]
Most of this podcast is a recording from a retreat Charlie Awbery and I led a month ago. I’m adding a short introduction he...
Thought soup poisoned with metaphysics
Fyodor Bronnikov, Pythagoreans' Hymn to the Rising Sun, 1869.
The ways we think about important issues of meaning, such as life-purpose and sacredness, are limited by mistaken metaphysical ideas.
In fact, our everyday ways of th...
Meaning: lost, or muddled by metaphysics?
John Vervaeke’s Meaning Crisis and my Meaningness address similar issues in similar frameworks. Yet there seem significant differences!
pinpointed some in his insightful essay “Is the ‘meaning crisis’ a real loss?”
Coincidental...
Yidam: extraordinary relational possibilities
Yidam Vajradhara. Public domain image.
We hand out these explanations at the beginning of Evolving Ground yidam retreats.
During one that ended just yesterday, we realized they may be intriguing and useful for a wider readership!
What...
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Better ways of thinking, feeling, and acting—around problems of meaning and meaninglessness; self and society; ethics, purpose, and value.
find me at andrewconner.com
A space for inquiry, collaboration, and the kinds of questions that change how we live. Cofounder of Evolving Ground, a community of contemporary Vajrayana practice. Advisor to founders and researchers making extraordinary futures.
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