Tag: personal experience

Reason and Intuition

by jjhiii24, posted in Books, Brains, Nature, Neuroscience, Personal, Philosophy

  "It has certainly been true in the past that what we call intelligence and scientific discovery has conveyed a survival advantage...provided the universe has evolved in a regular way, we might expect the reasoning abilities that natural selection has given us would be valid also in our search...and so would not lead us to … Continue reading Reason and Intuition

Entering the Inner Fortress

by jjhiii24, posted in Books, Brains, Consciousness, Personal, Philosophy, The Human Spirit

"Awakening to that mystical dimension where the very essence of self is suddenly perceived to be one with the ultimate forces of nature, is at once the secret and the transforming journey of human life." - Joseph Campbell In my last post, I introduced the story of how I began the journey of discovery which … Continue reading Entering the Inner Fortress