non physical reality

An Introduction to Philosophy (RLL style) Week 06 – Metaphysics 3 (Metaphysical Monism) – Part 6: Does God have a body?

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Idealism asks us to take seriously the reality of things that cannot be weighed or measured. Love, presence, memory, and meaning shape our lives without occupying physical space. If what matters most about us isn’t our bodies but our ways of thinking, loving, and relating, then reality itself may be more than matter alone. Philosophy invites us to look beneath appearances and consider whether consciousness, not physical form, is the deeper ground of being.

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An Introduction to Philosophy (RLL style) Week 04 – Metaphysics 1 (The Nature of Reality) – Part 4: Wanna see something really scary?

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Not everything real can be touched or measured. Fear can paralyze, love can heal, belief can alter outcomes, and none of these live neatly in the physical world. Metaphysical idealism invites us to take the mind seriously, suggesting that consciousness, emotion, and meaning may be as real as atoms and objects. Sometimes the most powerful realities are the ones we can’t see.

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