MISSION STATEMENT
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- “Aim for the brightest star to know who you truly are!” My mission statement is an extension of the Apollonian dictum to ‘Know Thyself’. It reminds one to avail of the whole spectrum of virtues in order to attain a greater good. In light of and to the degree that wisdom is revealed and the capacity to discern is refined, one can steady their aim in order to reach the goal of their contemplation. To illuminate the mind with ideas that can assist all sentient beings for the good of the whole is one the highest ideals of the visionary but to intelligently cognize these ideas into a form that is simple, clear and easy to understand is the task of a true philosopher. Through the dichotomy of language there is always a better way to ask a question and in this dialectical interplay with others & ourselves, we align our desires and intentions so as to harmonize and draw closer to that most brilliant star; the source of existence and the intelligence by which to realize who we truly are.
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Tag Archives: platonism
As Night & Day Are One
“Constantly observe all that comes about through change, and habituate yourself to the thought that the nature of the whole loves nothing so much as to change one form of existence into another, similar but new.” – Marcus Aurelius We … Continue reading
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Tagged Clarity, Heraclitus, Lucidity, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, lunacy, Muses, Plato, platonism, Stoicism, stream consciousness, theatrical splendour
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The Splendour of Beauty’s Light
“If all people worked for the beautiful, and endeavoured to do the most beautiful things, everything people need in common, and the greatest good for each in particular, would be achieved.” – Aristotle How the trees of the forest run … Continue reading
Set Forth into the Deep
This poem largely draws upon platonic thought so as to express how we have come to experience reality as separated beings. It encapsulates a world view no longer acceptable by the masses but for the poet it remains the fabric … Continue reading
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Tagged lyrical, Myth of Er, Neoplatonism, Plato, platonic thought, platonism, Plotinus, Poem, Reincarnation
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The Roots of Platonic Thought
Providing a little background to better understand our western roots in Platonism [Spirituality] and our soul’s longing to know its true self through the ground of being. THE PASSION OF THE WESTERN MIND (Understanding the ideas that have shaped our … Continue reading
Plotinus – God is the Goal
Click on the video above to watch a short adaptation of Return to the One: Plotinus’s Guide to God Realization. – A modern day commentary on the Enneads of Plotinus. JY
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Tagged Brian Hines, Enneads, God is the Goal, Government, Kingdom of God, Neoplatonism, platonic thought, platonism, Plotinus, Return to the One
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Platonic Reflections – On our emergence into Life
My stillness in depth of infinite mind, That which allows for the all to align. Through the fire of imagination, transposed manifestation, we, no longer three, but I. Temperance and her kind my golden mean, Justice as scales to keep … Continue reading
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Tagged John Dillon, Joshua Sellers, Mission, Neo-platonism, Neoplatonism, Platonic Poetry, platonism, Plotinus, Poem, Poetry, Purpose of soul, Trinity College
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(Updated) BEING IN TIMELESSNESS – An Eternal Present
WELL-BEING AND THE EXTENSION OF TIME We discover in this tractate that Well-Being resides in an actual present state and not in memory or anticipation, the past or the future. For Plotinus, well-being is rooted in the upper soul, therefore … Continue reading
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Tagged Enneads, Eternity, Neoplatonism, platonism, Plotinus, Timelessness, Well Being
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ON WELL BEING – Rooted in the Good Itself
In this tractate Plotinus presents how we are to live well and reach our true good. Despite the present & more popular notion of living well, which has come to be associated with power & wealth, he takes the higher … Continue reading
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Tagged Enneads, Neoplatonism, Plato, platonic thought, platonism, Plotinus, Well Being
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EUDAIMONIA – THE ART OF LETTING GO
Eudaimonia is often translated as happiness or well-being. The name itself suggests a spiritual component or orientation. My new year’s resolution for 2016 is to ask as many people as possible what they believe to be the common element of … Continue reading
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Tagged eudaimonia, happiness, Neoplatonism, Plato, platonic thought, platonism, Plotinus, Well Being
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