1. pantheism
One of the central themes of my blog is pantheism, the belief that God and the Universe are one and the same thing and/or that the Universe is a manifestation of God. Throughout my posts I offer pantheism as an alternative to traditional theism, and offer it as a via media between the excesses of materialistic, reductionistic atheism on the one hand, and the excesses of dogmatic, fundamentalist religion on the other.
2. Moral nihilism
Next to pantheism, another central theme in my blog is my commitment to moral nihilism, the belief that there are no objective (mind-independent) moral values. Put simply, I reject the existence of good and evil, and the existence of any supposed “moral obligations” which are somehow meant to restrict what I’m allowed to do and what I’m not allowed to do.
This is a central tenet to my philosophy, and it is the one thing which sets my philosophy apart from the mainstream.
If I had to ascribe a singular mission to my blog it would be this: to deconstruct the omnipresent illusions and invisible errors that plague our thoughts.
The illusion of morality is just such an illusion, just such an error. As a whole, it seems the whole world is sequestered by it. Everyone is so eager to debate “what the moral thing to do is,” but no one stops to question whether there is such a thing.
3. post-leftism
The last major theme of my blog is post-leftism, which if I’m being honest I have no single, succinct definition for at the moment other than this: it is a political position and/or ideological orientation which seeks to move away from traditional leftism, for various reasons.
For the most part I use the identifier of “post-leftism,” only as a convenient way to contradistinguish myself from the failures and internal contradictions of the left. Mostly, “post-leftism,” to me means a rejection of all politics, and an embrace of individual anarchism, i.e., by defining one’s own values in a world without objective values.
As you read my blog you will see I primarily identify with two values above all others: compassion and equanimity, neither of which require an overly convoluted political ideology to believe in.