Stream of Consciousness
Essence, Embodiment, and Relational Reality
The Failure of Reduction and the Need for Synthesis There is a persistent failure in many modern attempts to explain what a human being is. Some frameworks reduce the person entirely to matter, insisting that identity, consciousness, morality, and meaning are nothing more than emergent properties of physical processes. Other frameworks move in the opposite direction, detaching spirit from reason and grounding belief in intuition alone, often at the cost of coherence or accountability. Both approaches fail because both misunderstand essence. One denies that essence exists at all. The other treats it as something vague and undefinable.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcastabout a month ago in Writers
Writing Feels Like Therapy
There is a peculiar solace in the act of writing—a quiet alchemy that transforms the chaos inside us into something tangible, something we can examine without fear. Life often presses upon us with an unrelenting weight, and emotions can become suffocating, swirling inside the mind like storms we cannot control. In these moments, words offer an escape, a lifeline, and sometimes even a revelation. They allow us to speak to ourselves in ways that silence never permits, to untangle the thoughts that seem too heavy to carry alone.
By Jhon smithabout a month ago in Writers
The Day My Writing Practice Took a Slight Detour
I feel fortunate in life to live just a couple of blocks up from the beach. The beach is my happy place. Some days, and even more so when the weather is beautiful, I will push myself to take a slow walk down and sit and practise some of my writing exercises. And when I say: push myself, I’m embarrassed this may come across as taking where I live for granted or even laziness. But truthfully, it’s more about my procrastination.
By Chantal Christie Weissabout a month ago in Writers
The Butterfly Effect: More Real Than It Seems
The butterfly effect is a fascinating topic that I would like to discuss this time, as it is quite different from others. Its existence raises questions and proposes an intriguing idea that has been studied by many people from unique and diverse perspectives. It has led me to reflect on whether things—what we see—exist simply by chance, or whether they depend on something entirely different or external.
By julian niviaabout a month ago in Writers
