Selected Essays

Selected Essays
Hardback
Published March 12, 2026
288 pages
ISBN: 9798251806427

Forty seven essays by Christopher Ott, author of The Evolution of Perception and the Cosmology of Substance. Essays on causation, the Soul, God, philosophy of mind, science, perception, and the teachings of Meher Baba. Available on Amazon.

INTRODUCING MY WRITINGS

EOP EXPLAINED SIMPLY 

WHAT I MEAN BY LENSES

HISTORICAL FALLACY

THE IMPLICATIONS OF SANSKARAS

HOW SANSKARAS OBVIATE MUCH OF POP

PSYCHOLOGY

MEHER BABA’S MESSAGE & MISSION

BABA’S TEACHING IS UNIQUE

IS BABA GOD?

CLARIFICATION REGARDING “FURTHER REFLECTIONS”

A NEW EXPLANATION OF DUAL SEXES IN EVOLUTION

THE MIND-BODY CONNECTION ACCORDING TO MEHR BABA

EOP THE ONLY NEW METAPHYSICAL IDEA

HOW EOP HELPS US UNDERSTAND MEHER BABA’S TEACHING

BEWARE OF IDIOMS

PROJECTION OF INTERNALITY & EXTERNALITY

HOW PROJECTION LEADS TO POORLY THOUGHT–OUT PHILOSOPHY

WHY INTELLIGENCE HAD TO PRECEDE THE UNIVERSE

THE PERSONAL GOD ACCORDING TO MEHER BABA

THE ILLUSION THAT SUSTAINS REALITY

THE MATTER PARADOX

GOD SPEAKING MAY REFER TO GOD REVEALING

THREE SENSES OF GOD OVER HISTORY

IS THE BIG BANG REALLY A PROCESS?

SOLVING THE SOCRATIC PARADOX

QUESTIONS IDEALISTS DON’T EVEN TRY TO ANSWER

DISTINGUISHING EOP FROM WRONG CONCEPTIONS OF IT

IMMINENCE IN HINDUISM VS. EOP

ETHICS IN THE ADVANCING STREAM OF LIFE

WE DON’T HAVE KARMA; WE ARE OUR KARMA

DARWIN VS. MEHER BABA ON EVOLUTION

SOME MINOR DETAILS ON SOULS

THE SOUL VS. THE SUBTLE BODY

HOW LIFE BEGAN

WHERE IS BABA NOW?

LANGUAGE, REASON, & SOPHISTRY

WHY I FOLLOW MEHER BABA

THE PROBLEM WITH POSSIBILITY & WHY IT MATTERS

THE PROMINENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN MEHER BABA’S SYSTEM

THE VOCABULARY & MEANING OF THE PSYCHIC EMERGENT UNIVERSE

WHY MATERIALISM DOESN’T WORK

PERCEPTUAL ALGORITHMS

INDUCTION IS AN INTUITION & WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS ARE

WHY I HARP ON CERTAIN SUBJECTS

WHY EOP MATTERS

FULL SUMMARY