Essays on Consciousness
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A Map
To look back at where a life was shaped is not an act of indictment, nor is it an attempt to assign blame for the sake of grievance. Rather, it is an effort to trace the blueprint of a nervous system. A human child does…
6m readAnger, Abandonment, and the Moral Prison: A Map of One Man’s Bind
My father’s anger was swift and final.
10m readIntroduction: Productivity as a Measure of Worth
For much of modern history, human value in the workplace has been closely linked to productivity. The prevailing mindset has emphasised how much one can produce, the speed of delivery, and the...
3m readDesire as Bait: Life's Intelligent Design
Desire is often taken to mean chasing something that will finally end restlessness: a person, a city, a job, a version of yourself. Look closer and the object is rarely the point. Desire is what…
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View all →The Mechanics of the Knots (Granthi's): How Consciousness Forgets Itself
7m readBefore anything else happens, there is just an open, quiet expanse. Then the pulse starts, the body contracts, and a world is built from the charge.
The Neuroscience of Meditation and Higher States of Consciousness
6m readThe deeper one sits in stillness, the less one feels like a fixed person, yet the clarity, the presence, and the aliveness only deepen. The neurological processes that occur during meditation involve the dissolution of…
Desire Without Destination
5m readQ: I’m confused about something. Spiritual teachings say to let go of attachment to outcomes, but if I do that, doesn’t the desire itself disappear? How can anything move forward without wanting a...
When Attention Learns to Drive the Car
7m readMost human lives run on an unannounced autopilot. The body wakes up, the mind boots its usual software, and the day unfolds according to scripts written long ago—by parents, society, fear, ambition,...