To continue our exploration of the anesthesia experience, let’s now consider the recording and projecting capacities of the human brain—which all evidence reveals to be a super-sophisticated electrochemical device which plays a central role in the creation of our sensory and cognitive experience. Much of how the human organism thinks, perceives and interacts with the surrounding environment has …
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You may be familiar with detective shows—e.g., Poirot, Inspector Morse, NCIS, Sherlock—whose plot periodically features a bad-guy who deletes a segment of security-camera footage, in order to commit a crime, unobserved. Heist Say, for instance, the bad-guy is planning a heist of a jewelry store. There are a variety of ways that security-camera footage might be eliminated: 1. Most crudely, the …
The Lover Of God In the wake of learning about the binding problem, what has come to mind are some of my favorite poems, and in particular great turns of line, whose power has much to do with a sudden shift in how our mind is constructing meaning: a slide from one narrative construction to another, which renders the whole construction process transparent, allowing the freedom of the unconstructed …
As of late, I’ve been contemplating the relationship between, on the one hand, intention/aspiration; and, on the other hand, accomplishment. What determines the extent to which an intention or aspiration translates into an actual accomplishment of the thing (or no-thing) that was intended or aspired to? As a starting-point, I’ve divided the inquiry into two cases: 1. When the accomplishment …
In this brief talk, Alan Wallace covers lots of interesting ground, e.g. the relationship between religious and scientific fundamentalism; and the difference between "course mind" (aka conceptual mind) and the nature of mind (aka pure awareness). He ends by offering clear step-by-step guidance in accessing rigpa (awareness of being aware). Minding Mind Please note that the language Mr. Wallace …
It’s been a while since I’ve written a nutrition-focused post, and the time seems right for a few words on how best to support the body’s immune system, so here goes … The Lifestyle Basics * Keep your diet healthy and clean—going organic and locally grown, whenever possible. (More on this below.) * Get plenty of sleep—which is when the body goes into its “rest and repair” cycle. * …
