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Tom Veatch
Flames of inspiration often leave smoke signals behind.From mine, these.
| On Humility | Just a page. |
| [I] (Optional I) | An abstract submitted to the 2023 Conference on Mathematical Psychology |
| Bliss Theory (Version 1.0) | First, unpublished, draft of Bliss Theory, written in 2012. Breathtaking. This contains a lot I still haven't taken further in writing, some of the most important parts, so it's up front for now. |
| A Square Brown Linoleum Tile | A meditation on the transcendent secret of resolute service. |
| Notes from a Forehead on the Ground | After a week, a Friday night program, after the chanting, after the meditation, after darshan, comes a contemplation of oneness. A subset of Darshan Notes, selected for accessibility. Click "Choose One For Me Now". |
| Baba | An Experience Share |
| Pratyabhijna Hrdayam | Recognition of the Heart. 20 verses explaining what you have forgotten, what you are, and how to remember. |
| Bliss Theory: Islam | The Pillars of Islam from the perspective of Bliss Theory |
| Bliss Theory: Christianity | A Letter to a Dying Christian |
| Emotional Merger | Emotional change involves the reassessment of circumstances; a process that must come to include new details within the focus of attention, as well as to exclude now-irrelevant aspects of what had previously been focussed. I clarify and define emotional merger and specification as fundamental cognitive/emotional processes in this theoretical essay, which seems to have as great a significance in the cognitive architecture of emotion as humor theory. |
| Darwinian Selection Logic | Because although mutation is random, selection is functionally logical. Combined with the Crease of Logic, this resolves the conflict between the evolution-denying God-As-Designer folks and the evolution-affirming atheist folks. Have a look. |
| Selves | The many things referred to by 'Self', with commentary. Concluding with emotionally disinhibitory goodness. |
| Philosophical Introspections | In defense of introspection. |
| The Worry Goddess | Taking something to an extreme, might be soothing. |
| Bliss Theory: Beauty | Really, the Ugliness of Beauty, because as soon as something seems beautiful, someone is trying to use it for status, money, influence, power. |
| Meaningfulness Itself | Meaning as Transactional Transcendence. |
| Scripture Table | Where the right thing is waiting for you. |
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