One of the key factors that distinguishes my conception of the Principle of Inclusive-Transcendence from how it is conceived by Hegelians and Wilberians alike is its relationship to the Principle of Open/Emptiness. I will put it rather simplistically here and go over it in more detail in due time. To define the two principles in …
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Over the years I've developed a more open and soft orientation to "Secular Buddhism," a movement that aims to return to what it thinks is the original intent of the historical Buddha, namely, the practice of mindfulness to attain a state of supreme eudaimonia without dependence on any so-called "supernatural" or "superstitious" beliefs, rituals, mediators …
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The principles of open/emptiness and inclusive-transcendence play important roles in my speculative philosophy of history. In a mytho-poetic way we can anthropomorphize the two principles as feminine and masculine deities (Xena and Theo, respectively) who split apart from a primordial state in which they were indivisibly united as indistinguishable aspects of the same reality. This …
The concepts of Phallocracy & Gynarchy are here diagrammed and partially elaborated in the most general sense. They are supposed to be highly abstract and generalizable so that they can be applied to as many different concrete examples as possible. I conceive of them as two different "orders of difference," meaning that they are two …
The Bodhisattva's Bodhicitta — the energy which drives her mind-body vehicle towards perfect awakening — inclusively transcends both Nietzsche's Will to Power and Nick Land's Thirst for Annihilation, disclosing them as abstract, partial and one-sided (i.e. open-empty) facets of the total jewel that is her own resplendent nature. As she progressively and inexorably ascends to …
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Financial capitalization has a certain uncertain relationship to uncertainty. On the one hand, it has to be somewhat certain about the future income stream it expects from its present investments, otherwise there would be little point (from the capitalist's perspective) to engage in the productive activity; it would be deemed too risky. On the other …
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There are three integral, overarching features of my project: a metaphysics, a pragmatics, and unphilosophy. The metaphysics is subdivided into a process semantics (explaining reality as a process-relational dynamic) and a negative dialectics (to eliminate any assumption of inherent or hypostatic existence). The pragmatics is subdivided into theory and practice, where theory refers to theories …
My freedom is limited in two ways: I am limited by others through systems of social domination that obstruct my ability to procure all of my needs, and I limit myself by giving into the habituated karmic compulsions that trap me into cycles of attachment, self-sabotage and disappointment. In order to increase my freedom from …
In a first-order contrast, masculine and feminine are defined in opposition to one another, where the presence of one is predicated on the absence of the other. The masculine is characterized as independent, orderly, intellectual, while the feminine is characterized as dependent, chaotic, emotional. They can only come together on the basis of a hierarchical …
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The principle of Open-Emptiness deals with ultimate facts, while the principle of Inclusive-Transcendence deals with ultimate values. The ultimate fact of matter is the ontological absence of inherent existence, which can be established inferentially by dialectical reason through analysis of dependent origination, as well as established as a direct perception through gnoseological wisdom. This absence …
Holopoiesis 