Tag: Becoming
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Understanding the Structure of Being: An Introduction
Many who first encounter the Structure of Being, as revealed in Emanuele Severino’s thought, find themselves facing profound difficulties—not because the truth is obscure, but because habitual ways of thinking resist it. The idea that being is eternal, that nothing truly comes into or goes out of existence, contradicts the deeply ingrained belief in becoming—the…
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Near Death Experiences 2: The Illusion of Linear Time
One of the most pervasive features of Near-Death Experiences (NDEs) is their apparent structure as a journey—a passage from life to death, from darkness to light, from earthly existence to an encounter with something beyond. Many accounts describe moving through tunnels, crossing thresholds, or entering vast, radiant spaces. Others speak of being sent back, of…
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Post 29 – The Great Myth of Becoming: The Central Illusion of Western Thought
While philosophy emerged from the desire to move beyond myth and provide more rational, logical explanations of reality, it is almost ironic that it inadvertently gave birth to what may be the greatest myth ever conceived: the belief in becoming—the notion that things come into existence and then fade away. Since the dawn of philosophy…
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Post 14 – Understanding the Impossibility of Becoming
The Impossibility of becoming also deserves to be clarified. Though mentioned in many posts, the question of becoming has not been singularly addressed. This is what I was referring to in the introduction, when speaking of some things difficulty to understand, not because of their complexity, but because of the way we have been taught…
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It Is What It Is 