As regular readers know, I feel the human brain is the only brain on this planet with the potential to be consciously aware of the sacredness within and beyond nature.
consciousness
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The fog had begun to burn off, then returned to wrap around the hills and linger over the fields. As it began to lift again, the mist refracted the light…
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Swallows are playing on the air and skimming the surface of the water. Quail cavort in the bushes along the stream, and I hear pheasant squawking in the fields. Though…
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New findings have been coming out regarding the clash in Europe between Neanderthals and the first fully modern humans, the Cro Magnons, tens of thousands of years ago. These findings…
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Recently I watched a funny interview on Charlie Rose with Dan Harris, author of a new book about meditation, “10% Happier,” lugubriously and ludicrously subtitled, “How I Tamed the Voice…
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With the first step out of the car, the feeling of early spring at about 1000 meters in the mountains is palpable. Despite the drought, the small reservoir is about…
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The most urgent question, which neither science nor philosophy are truly asking, pertains to the relationship between humans and nature. Specifically, how did Homo sapiens, which evolved along with all…
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Memory doesn’t just permeate our consciousness; it is our consciousness. And when the movement of psychological memory stops, consciousness has a completely different quality.