William Bloom·Jun 2AI is not capable of human consciousness because . . .Consciousness is not simply a phenomenon of the physical brain.
William Bloom·Jul 30, 2024Distant Healing Strategies to Relieve SufferingEvery Thursday since the Spring 2020 covid lockdown I have led a twenty-five minute online healing meditation to relieve suffering. ‘We…
William Bloom·Dec 18, 2023MEDITATION DOES NOT REQUIRE A SILENT MINDOne of the most helpful insights I ever heard from a meditation teacher is this:
William Bloom·Sep 12, 2023In the Age of Zoom Do Tribal Spiritualities Have a Future?When meditation, shamanic or pagan groups meet online where is their actual meeting? In what dimension is their gathering?
William Bloom·Jul 17, 2023The Metaphysics of DepressionIt took me a while to understand what people were actually telling me when they described their experience of melancholia and depression…
William Bloom·Jul 9, 2023Why Are Some Meditators So Smug?There is a lovely human contradiction here. Meditators are strung out between being primal primates and transcendent gurus.
William Bloom·May 1, 2023King Charles III Coronation and the Provocative Vow of AllegianceA short comment about the coming coronation of King Charles III.
William Bloom·Feb 19, 202372 Virgins and Ecstatic Spiritual StatesMartyrs who die fighting for Islam are promised seventy-two virgins in paradise. Scholars argue over whether this was actually ever…
William Bloom·Aug 22, 2022CURIOSITY IS WISE AND INTELLIGENTI like curious people. I do not mean people who are funny-peculiar curious (though I usually like them too.) I mean people who are…
