As human beings, we are, in large part, unremarkably different from many other species on our planet in our physical core components and basic constituent parts and systems. In our most fundamental nature, we exist physically as they do, we are made up of the same essential molecular structures, we rely on very similar biological … Continue reading A Fundamental Theory of Consciousness
An interesting corollary subject within the discussion surrounding our subjective experience of consciousness is the way in which all of our previous lifelong subjective experiences provide the foundation for our comprehension and apprehension of our current experience in this very moment. Naturally, without having any previous relevant life or learning experiences to draw upon for … Continue reading How We Experience The World
Nature is not matter only, she is also spirit. ~Carl Jung; CW 13; Paragraph 229. Travel with me for a moment or two. Back...Back in time...even further back...to the dawn of the fullness of true self-awareness in our primitive ancestors. What a moment it must have been when humans were able to finally know with … Continue reading The Dawn of Awareness
In the Review section of the WSJ this weekend in an article by Frank Wilczek, he casually suggested that it shouldn't be so difficult to accept, intuitively, that life and mind emerge from matter, as if we were all just somehow mistaken or deluded about the source of life and mind. Wilczek shared the Nobel … Continue reading Emergent Realities
There are many different versions these days of theories which address what it means to be a human being, and in all fairness to the authors of these many versions, since many other species on our planet share certain characteristics with humans, and since we cannot claim that any of our talents and capacities make … Continue reading The Way It Feels To Be Human
Another day has brought a transformation in perception and an alteration in my experience of winter's wallop... A stark contrast in the illuminated brilliance of the morning and a striking difference in the play of light as I opened my door... The palm tree near the window basked in the warmth of the sunlight, which … Continue reading What A Difference A Day Makes
As the storm began on Friday...there was only a hint of what was to come... This morning...the world looked remarkably different on the surface...but underneath it all...the foundation remains the same... Upon waking this morning...the ferocity of the winter storm had clouded my view out the bedroom window... ...But it also revealed a hidden intricate … Continue reading Winter’s Withering Wallop
...the very observation is an act of creation, and that consciousness is doing the creating. ~ Gregg Braden Opening up the front door this morning brought the image above into consciousness for me, and now for all of my visitors and readers here at John's Consciousness. The first snow of 2016 may seem like an … Continue reading Winter’s Promise of Spring
The times when I am at my quietest is when I am best able to recall the connection of souls, lingering in memory. Perhaps, as a memory, reflecting on the connection seems delightful in a way that is sometimes difficult to see when we are actually experiencing the connection. Gazing upon those we love, and … Continue reading The Connection of Souls
In his acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize, William Faulkner addressed important elements surrounding the "poet's, the writer's duty:" "I feel that this award was not made to me as a man, but to my work – a life’s work in the agony and sweat of the human spirit, not for glory and least of … Continue reading A Universal Spiritual Perspective
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