PinnedJonathan BricklinHow Not To Be An AssholeThe Aptness of a Great American WordDec 11, 2021Dec 11, 2021
Jonathan BricklinOn Recognizing Parmenides as More Mystic than PhilosopherPeter Kingsley’s restoration of Parmenides’s Eastern spiritual rootsJan 10Jan 10
Jonathan BricklinMeditation and Philosophy: a 2-Way StreetPhilosopher David Chalmers has said that he can’t meditate, and even if he could its ultimate value to him would be what he could express…Dec 29, 2023Dec 29, 2023
Jonathan BricklinThe Ten Enchantments1. Sciousness (consciousness without consciousness of self) is prime reality from which everything, including matter, is derived.Dec 23, 2023Dec 23, 2023
Jonathan BricklinThe 2 Most Essential Greek Words2 words. 5 letters. The philosopher Whitehead once said that all philosophy is a footnote to Plato. While there are, of course, ideas…Nov 6, 2023Nov 6, 2023
Jonathan BricklinIs Dao ‘a Circle whose Center is Everywhere and Circumference Nowhere’?Aug 18, 2023Aug 18, 2023
Jonathan BricklinForeword to Rick Barrett’s finding You in a world of ItIn 1989, on a 9-day Vipassana Meditation retreat, I suddenly found myself inserted fully and precisely in the exact arising moment, each…Mar 23, 2023Mar 23, 2023
Jonathan BricklinNietzsche was not being Hypothetical[Excerpt from The Illusion of Will, Self, and Time: William James’s Reluctant Guide to Enlightenment (SUNY Press)]Dec 9, 2022Dec 9, 2022
Jonathan BricklinThat Other Nitrous Oxide Philosopher[Originally published (without links or images) in The Society of Consciousness Studies Continuum, Number 9, October 2022]Dec 9, 2022Dec 9, 2022
Jonathan BricklinElkins Park Boomer Jew[Originally published, in a slightly altered form, on the Cheltenham Highschool Class of ’71 Facebook Site]Aug 4, 2022Aug 4, 2022