“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
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
If you would like to listen to me recite this poem, click the following link: With You Now Musical background selection, "Snow and Light," by Dustin O'Halloran on his album, "Lumiere." I Am With You Now by JJHIII24 The light escapes from the window, Across the room, Lands on my face, Gets under my eyelids, … Continue reading I Am With You Now
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
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
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