Neil Garrison writes about philosophy and life from an original perspective.

He lives with his wife Lilly on a peaceful farm in Western New York.

He is not an academic philosopher. He writes from lived experience, blending Taoist and Zen insights with modern reflection. His books are not scholarship but attempts at clarity: original thoughts, shaped into essays worth sharing.
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Neil's first philosophical book, The Eternal Significance of the Present, explores various topics from religion, anthropology, psychology, sociology, relationships, finances, and even the nature of reality itself. This book, a blend of ancient and modern wisdom, is a grounded meditation on life and was originally intended as a vehicle to impart his wisdom to his so ...more

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“Many are the questions we could ask about prayer, but what puzzles me most is—does God even want it?”
― Neil Garrison, The Specific Gravity of the Soul

tags: agnosticism, god, prayer

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“We must forgive when it is hardest, and when it’s hardest is the most important time to forgive.”
― Neil Garrison, The Specific Gravity of the Soul

tags: forgiveness, grace, philsophy, religion

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“We ask, why does God allow evil to exist, when we should ask, why do we let evil arise within ourselves?”
― Neil Garrison, The Specific Gravity of the Soul

tags: evil, god, religion, spirituality

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“It is a matter of faith to believe such a thing as a soul exists. It is also a matter of faith to believe it does not exist.”
― Neil Garrison, The Specific Gravity of the Soul

tags: philosophy, religion-and-philosophy, soul, soul-searching

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“Whereas Descartes reasoned “I think, therefore I am”; let us instead state “I experience, therefore I exist.”
― Neil Garrison, The Specific Gravity of the Soul

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“...I was struck by the beauty of the world. I felt like everything was connected; that everything was significant. I could almost see Karma itself, or "God’s plan," as the universe unfolded before me. Was this enlightenment?”
― Neil Garrison, The Dickensian Reset: A Memoir of the Psych Ward from a Mind in Mania

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“I would get lost in the moment, just me, the graffiti, and many small victories; each measured out by the width of a tooth of a comb.”
― Neil Garrison, The Dickensian Reset: A Memoir of the Psych Ward from a Mind in Mania

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“Let us consider the soul to be an ephemeral spark rather than some kind of ghostly apparition, weighing the same whether that of an elephant or ant, manatee or man.”
― Neil Garrison, The Specific Gravity of the Soul

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