Trauma is often understood as a shock that ruptures experience, but this inquiry tests that model by examining the inner structures of attention (as open awaiting) and emotion (as perduring resonance). Integrating microphenomenological subjective reports with neuro and physiological data, the work aims to renew understanding of the blank lived experience of trauma and the passive preconscious dynamics of traumatism, and to generate possible therapeutic effects.
Philosophy as a way of life (PWL) prioritizes a mode of living over theoretical discourse, practiced through spiritual exercises like attention to the present moment and cosmic consciousness. Within this framework, true knowledge (Sophia) is not propositional but a state of being: to know is to become what is known. This conception of knowledge is contrasted with contemporary critiques of productivity-driven society by Byung-Chul Han and Ailton Krenak, showing its relevance for imagining alternative ways of living.
Human consciousness arises not only from brain activity but also from an external network of symbols, termed the exocerebrum. This system comprises artificial cultural prostheses—such as speech, symbols, music, dance, painting, and external memories from writing to the Internet—that substitute for cerebral functions the brain cannot perform biologically alone. The brain cannot process symbols without this external system. The authors argue for a continuous spectrum between brain and exocerebrum, neuronal circuits and cultural prostheses, with no dividing line needed.