“Quantum mechanics is the best theory we have for describing the world at the nuts-and-bolts level of atoms and subatomic particles. Perhaps the most renowned of its mysteries is the fact that the outcome of a quantum experiment can change depending on whether or not we choose to measure some property of the particles involved.” … Continue reading Shen Yun–Ancient Chinese Wisdom and Quantum Physics
January has flown by at the speed of light it seems, and I have only today been able to find an opportunity to sit quietly at my desk and contemplate this posting--the first of the new year. It has been a tumultuous time for us all here in America over the past several months, and … Continue reading Writer’s Are Often At A Loss For Words
From the June 1962 cover of National Geographic Please have a look at this blogpost I wrote a while back about this amazing American...May he rest in peace.... February 20th marked the 50th anniversary of the day astronaut John Glenn orbited of Earth. He was one of NASA's original Mercury astronauts, depicted in the recent … Continue reading The Inner Reaches began in Outer Space
Title: Self Awareness: Size: 21.5” x 30.5”x 1.75": Media: acrylic, oil, collage & assemblage: Surface: canvas over masonite & board with wooden framework: copyright 2009 Lisa L. Cyr, Cyr Studio LLC, http://www.cyrstudio.com "The only right and legitimate way to (a mystical) experience is that it happens to you in reality and it can only happen … Continue reading Inner Worlds Within Worlds – Redux
Contemplating David Gelernter's new book, "The Tides of Mind," for weeks now hasn't helped me much with my own "struggles of mind," but it has opened new avenues of thought, which is always a welcome development. In particular, his imagery of a "spectrum of consciousness," with descending and ascending layers from being wide awake and … Continue reading Tides of Mind
"If we seek genuine psychological understanding of the human being of our own time, we must know his spiritual history absolutely. We cannot reduce him to mere biological data, since he is not by nature merely biological, but is a product also of spiritual presuppositions." - -Carl Jung from a presentation at the C. G. … Continue reading Body, Mind, Spirit
"Everything remembered is dear, touching, precious....at least the past is safe, though we didn't know it at the time. We know it now, because we have survived." --Susan Sontag, Partisan Review Winter 1967 "Daydreaming is good for you. It fosters creativity, happiness and mental health...Daydreaming, letting your wishes and instincts play out, is so important … Continue reading Daydreams and Intuition
“Never in the world were any two opinions alike, any more than any two hairs or grains of sand. Their most universal quality is diversity.” –Montaigne, Essays, 1580 In a letter-writing conversation with a thoughtful friend some years ago, the topic turned to how to engage others more deeply without abandoning our own sense of … Continue reading A Link With The Infinite
"Spring Landscape," by Achille Laugé (French, 1861–1944). Laugé was a Neo-Impressionist painter born in Arzens. Laugé never followed his teachers’ methods and advice, and his work was considered radical for its time. Influenced by French Neo-Impressionist painters Georges Seurat (1859–1891), Paul Signac (1863–1935), and Camille Pissarro (1831–1903), Laugé adopted elements of their style without aligning … Continue reading The Rite of Spring
Ever since the hominid brain evolved sufficiently to provide modern humans with a degree of cognitive talent that still surpasses any other known species, the blossoming of conscious awareness slowly provided Homo sapiens with the ability to not only be aware that they exist, but to utilize this new ability deliberately and with purpose. It … Continue reading The Voice of Thought
John's Consciousness 