The Third Eye
Recently, I watched a talk on the evolution of our eyes. Very early on, living things developed a single eye that was sensitive to just light and shadow. Life then developed a three-eye structure with …
Category: Science
Superstrings And Memory
Physics This article is going to discuss similarities between physics and memory. However, it’s important to understand that physics studies the physical world. It does not study qualities of consciousness. (And no, consciousness is not …
Stages or Process
From the Process Model of Awakening post, there have been several related discussion threads. Jerry Freeman and I agree that the Oneness and Emptiness threads are the same thread at different stages or from different …
Now or Not?
Roger Penrose suggested the Andromeda Paradox because of the Rietdijk–Putnam argument from Special Relativity in Physics. 2 people are passing each other on the street. Both look up at the Andromeda galaxy at the same …
How Does Perception Work?
A reader asked me about the idea that perception is the “collapse of the wave function.” Physics experiments imply the idea that attention collapses a probability wave into a specific particle, solidifying matter & perception. …
The Measurement is Not the Object
The title may seem obvious, but we often confuse how we measure things with what they are. The map is not the road. For example, when we learn to “tell time” or ask “what time …
Our Psychological Birth
Margaret S. Mahler was a psychiatrist who developed the “separation–individuation theory of child development.” This came to be viewed as the psychological birth of the infant, which takes place over time as a child differentiates …
Understanding Addiction
We all seek to connect with who we really are, and stay connected. That is a place of pure being, of calm, and of balance. This experience is profoundly regulating for our body, mind, and …
The Levels of Thinking
Back in the 1950s, Bloom developed a taxonomy of thinking ability for educators and exam writers. They revised it in 2001. It has 6 levels, with a style of thinking (of using the mind and …
Qualities of the Self
Recently, I listened to a workshop discussing Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Polyvagal Theory. IFS is a psychological model. “Internal Family” is a reference to our system of sub-personalities, what I call the roles we …
Talk on Trauma
Recently, I attended a talk on trauma from a Jungian perspective. It illustrated one of the big issues with how trauma has been discussed and treated. For one, it was mind-centric. More perhaps than Jung …
Levels of Identity
I’ve spoken of the motivation to explore somatic healing so I can better embody the unfolding. I’ll be writing about what I mean by embody. I’ve also written about head, heart, & gut, the 3 …