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Jeremy Mattocks

Imagination Permeates Waking, As Well As Dreaming

April 23, 2015 by Jeremy Mattocks

The metaphysics of imagination in Evan Thompson’s book Waking, Dreaming, Being.

Categories Free Tags consciousness, dreaming, imagination 1 Comment

Reality, Language and the Inner World

April 18, 2015April 16, 2015 by Jeremy Mattocks

What does it mean for gods to both exist and not exist?

Categories Free 4 Comments

The Atheist Who Spoke to God

June 1, 2015March 26, 2015 by Jeremy Mattocks

I felt I was right where I needed to be… Then I disappeared. I thought I had spoken with God.

Categories Free Tags dualism, experience, god, humanism, psychology, spirituality, transcendence 2 Comments

Contemplating Impermanence

June 8, 2016February 26, 2015 by Jeremy Mattocks
Newspaper decomposing in the grass

Zen teacher Poep Sa Frank Jude Boccio: Once you accept the reality of impermanence, you can relax and celebrate life…

Categories Free Tags buddha, buddhism, consciousness, death, impermanence, zen 1 Comment

Sanderson Jones on mystic humanism

February 28, 2015February 12, 2015 by Jeremy Mattocks

Sanderson Jones, co-founder of Sunday Assembly, considers himself a humanist mystic. What does that mean?

Categories Free Tags celebration, humanism, life, mysticism, Sunday Assembly, wonder 1 Comment

Choosing Metaphors: theistic language in non-theistic spiritual practice

December 2, 2014November 27, 2014 by Jeremy Mattocks

In a naturalistic practice, we’re free to pick and choose our metaphorical language as we please.

Categories Free Tags Gaia, metaphors, paganism, practice, theism 5 Comments

Train Your Brain to Be More Compassionate

July 6, 2016November 6, 2014 by Jeremy Mattocks

Can we train ourselves to behave more compassionately by practicing meditation – and if so, how much practice does it take?

Categories Free Tags compassion, meditation, practice, training Leave a comment

Syntheism: A Naturalistic Spirituality in Europe

September 30, 2014 by Jeremy Mattocks

Daniel Strain, Alexander Bard, and Hampus Lindblad discuss Syntheism…

Categories Free Tags future, pantheism, philosophy, practice, Syntheism 4 Comments

Atheism and the “S” Word

August 28, 2014August 28, 2014 by Jeremy Mattocks
Spirit levitation

Guest blogger Douglas Falknor of Secular Holy Man muses on “spiritual” language and atheistic purity.

Categories Free Tags atheism, semantics, spirituality 5 Comments
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