A Strange Case of Reification
This case description is loosely based on real events. The telling is modeled on Robert Louis Stevenson’s gothic novella: "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde." However, in …
Suggestion Can Enhance Will
From our birth to our death we are all slaves of suggestions — Emile Coue Hypnotic Suggestion is a direct and powerful method to intentionally influence your subjective reality. The …
Reification & De-Reification
Umpire #1 — I call’s ’em as I sees ’em Umpire #2 — I calls ’em as they are Umpire #3 — They ain’t nothin’ until I calls ’em The brain receives a …
The Phenomenal Truth
“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.” — Marcus Aurelius The understanding that thoughts, feelings, and perceptions are mental …
The Soul Illusion
I think my quarry is illusion. I war against magic. I believe that, though illusion often cheers and comforts, it ultimately and invariably weakens and constricts the spirit. — Irvin …
The Study of Experience. . . From the Inside
Who looks outside, dreams Who looks inside, awakens — Carl Jung As remarkable and complex a structure as a neuron is, it does not possess consciousness. Consciousness requires a complex …
It Looks Different Than It Feels
If you want the present to be different than the past. . . study the past – Spinosa I’ve been using the metaphor of the "puppy and puppy-trainer" for the …
Know Thyself!
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom. — Aristotle Bad things happen, and some suffering is unavoidable. But you can create additional suffering for yourself and others by …
The PIG
No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object. — Sidonie Colette The Problem of Immediate Gratification (the PIG) is our name for the principle that immediate …
The Soul Is More Than the Sum of Its Parts
You are not the passenger. You are the ride. At some point in the evolution of biological creatures, conscious awareness emerged. Abstract processing, which opens the door to self-consciousness, comes …