This Project: Growing a Philosophy of Life
by Scott Bradley
by Scott Bradley
This project of mine is to grow a philosophy of life arising out of my own particular experience. In that sense it might be described as an existential endeavor. By this I mean I try not to impose external (essential) truths or beliefs upon it from above. It is not a way of truth, but of personal experience.
If I say there is One Reality, it is because I feel it in my heart, not because I know that it is true.
If I say that ‘All is well’, it is because I feel it and it really feels good, not because I can fit it into some moral philosophy universally applicable to the needs of humanity.
I suspect it could be, but since it is rooted in personal experience, there seems little point in making it a truth to apply from above. Understanding is an experience, not a cognitive grasp.
Now there are those who will certainly object to this way of doing things — people smarter, wiser and more ‘together’ than I — and that’s okay, too. Because, in the end, I don’t believe any of it matters all that much one way or another.
Why? Because all is well.
You can check out Scott's other miscellaneous writings here.
Feeling something in the heart is a way of knowing, though. A knowing of the "within" of life, not the objective knowing of the "without."
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