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Descent of Consciousness · Capsule of Your Little Self

Descent of Consciousness · Capsule of Your Little Self ▹

Consciousness, the underlying potential. Awareness, our inner atmospheres. Cognition, mechanisms sorting out the structures of our existence. Neutral processes – there is no "you" there yet. Then we enter the shell of our mind and identity. We begin to self-recognize as a particular sentient being. We have entered the prison of subject assertion, into tunnels where we chase for our hopes and flee from our fears. Cognitive distortions follow. 🧩What About... ▹

The Stack of Our Sentience · Pin Down Your Inner Spheres

The Stack of Our Sentience · Pin Down Your Inner Spheres ▹

What about awareness — or consciousness — or cognition? Terms with countless definitions. We discuss these words at length. We don't review the actual "what is" — we debate over pointless pointers. Then, for consciousness, for awareness, for cognition – my working definitions in describing the stack of our sentient experience. Unified non-particular potential. Framing containers for our conscious dynamics. The concrete cognitive processes. 🧩What About... ▹

Feelings Born of Ideas & Reality · How Do You Deal with Feels?

Feelings Born of Ideas & Reality · How Do You Deal with Feels? ▹

Emotions! Can't live with them — can't live without them. On one hand: the unrooted emotions, not responses to "what is". Our ideas. On the other hand, direct raw emotions, intimately connected with reality as it is. Ever dealt with ungrounded, rootless emotions — pure hallucinations? And the direct raw emotions — reactions, reflexes to "what is". Positive and negative alike. But how do we manage and leverage the potential of emotions? 🤔What You Say ▹