Metaphysics

What belongs to you] — Welcome to Daily Miracles, a running commentary on the 365 lessons of A Course in Miracles, an influential spiritual text from the 1970s. I am James Leroy Wilson and I invite you to join me as I go through this material for the first time. Lesson 104 I seek what…

Can we ever truly understand reality, and if so, what’s the best approach? — Writing about his collaborator and fellow scientist Roger Penrose following their work on black holes and gravity, the physicist Stephen Hawking said of Penrose: “He’s a Platonist and I’m a positivist.” Hawking’s observation highlighted the fact that scientists can not only disagree on the nuts and bolts of how the…

So we should remember who we are — Welcome to Daily Miracles, a running commentary on the 365 lessons of A Course in Miracles, an influential spiritual text from the 1970s. I am James Leroy Wilson and I invite you to join me as I go through this material for the first time. LESSON 101 God’s Will for…

We don’t need to force change. — Welcome to Daily Miracles, a running commentary on the 365 lessons of A Course in Miracles, an influential spiritual text from the 1970s. I am James Leroy Wilson and I invite you to join me as I go through this material for the first time. LESSON 100 “My part is…

And How to Work with Their Energies — Each direction has a unique energy, which can help us manifest our goals and dreams. When we work with the energies of the four directions, we open ourselves to limitless possibilities. …

What I witnessed fighting demons — The Prerequisites It’s essential to be familiar with the stages before an evil spirit can gain traction. If you nip it in the bud early, you can prevent significant damage from happening. Evil entities are very slippery and will try to deceive you every step of the way. Evil spirits don’t waltz…

Deprivation, Subjectivity, and The Fear of Non-Existence. — “So long as we are existent death is not present and whenever it is present we are nonexistent.” — Epicurus Introduction Despite its lack of subjective harm, it is difficult to adopt this Epicurean neutrality towards death. Two possible sources for this difficulty, presumably among others, are i.) death’s apparent badness…