Expressions
OF THE
INEFFABLE
A philosophy blog exploring life’s biggest questions using terms that can universally apply to help direct our gaze toward the ultimately inexpressible center of it all.
Shall we start at the beginning?
"Only words and conventions can isolate us from the entirely undefinable something which is everything." Alan Watts
What does ineffable mean? How could one even go about discussing it? Turns out, there happens to be a perfect word to describe it. But to comprehend it’s true meaning, you must first break your brain.
ALL POSTS
Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief | Pt. 2 - MetaStory & Predator Zero
In order to overcome the ever-present domain of chaos and its burden of uncertainty, we must develop a framework of transformation that enables us to prevail amid uncharted terrain…
Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief | Pt. 1 - Vision & Value Systems
When we look closely enough, we find that what matters is fundamentally more real than matter. We’re gonna get real meta boys and girls, so buckle up— The Hero’s Journey is a bumpy road…
Video: "Nothing Lasts... But Nothing is Lost." | Terence McKenna
Allow me to introduce you to Uncle Terry, a real-life bearded gnome man. McKenna was an American mystic, psychonaut, lecturer, and author…
Making Sense of Change: The River | Advaita Vedanta
“Have you also learned the secret from the river; that there is no such thing as time? That the river is everywhere at the same time, at the source and at the mouth, at the waterfall, at the ferry, at the current, in the ocean and in the mountains, everywhere and that the present only exists for it, not the shadow of the past nor the shadow of the future.” Hermann Hesse…
Communication & Divine Encounter | Martin Buber
Martin Buber presents a perspective of communication that can lead us to the core from which our separateness has emerged…
Life as a Dance | Alan Watts
What is time and why does it exist? What purpose does it serve for the universe to unfold gradually rather than happen all at once?
Truth and the Deception of Perception | Anekantavada
What is philosophy? What does internal wisdom have to offer in overcoming the limitations of external perception?
Defining The Ineffable | The Tao
What does ineffable mean? How could one even go about discussing it? Turns out, there happens to be a perfect word to describe it. But to comprehend it’s true meaning, you must first break your brain.