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Like a contented stone [#808] Every thing comes, every thing goes.I or rather It rests.There is nothing I have to do.It is easy.[#2511] Imagine that you discovered that what really creates satisfaction in life has nothing to do with achieving goals, or even with acting in any specific way.Imagine that you discovered this not in some intellectual or philosophical way, but as an unexpected and...
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Infinite simultaneity" and yet wide awake.[#2312] One classic definition of pure awareness is "restful alertness."There is a quality of relaxation and calm (see chapter 1), but also an ele ment of nonagentive vigilance, of attentiveness without doing.We now turn to this ele ment, the experience of being fully alert.Interestingly, modern science tells us that there is more than one kind of...
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Without an observer.Nobody on the cushion meditating.Every thing on the cushion meditating.[#635] I perceived subject and object as the same substance, facing each other like the two inner surfaces of a folded sheet of paper.As if subject and object were created by folding the fundamental substance and the observer were placed arbitrarily on one of the two sides.[#2916] There was a...
February 6, 2024 Thomas Metzinger
An engaging and insightful journey into human consciousness. What if our goal had not been to land on Mars, but in pure consciousness? The experience of pure consciousness—what does it look like? What is the essence of human consciousness? In The Elephant and the Blind, influential philosopher Thomas Metzinger, one of the world's leading researchers on consciousness, brings together more than...
The MIT Press eBooks February 6, 2024
A bit like balancing a ball on a stick, the moment when it is in balance is characterized by lightness and naturalness, but is at the same time very difficult to hold.[#1457] It is difficult to put into words, but through meditation I can create conditions (by relaxing into the moment) and it comes or not, like grace [#2714]This chapter unites three major topics: the phenomenology of...
Journal of Psychedelic Studies February 5, 2024 Ann M. Inouye, Aaron Wolfgang, Lianne T. Philhower 1 citation
Abstract In 2021, the final series of phase 3 clinical trials looking at MDMA-AT for treatment-resistant post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) found that 71.2% of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) full-dose participants no longer met criteria for PTSD. MDMA-assisted therapy is not US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved in treating borderline personality disorder (BPD), and while...
Sineza February 4, 2024 Andrija Jurić
Would the neuroscientist who does not feel pain know what he is studying? In this paper, the author analyzes the subjective ontology of conscious mental states and its origin – the subject’s first-person perspective. The ontology of the mental is irreducibly first-person ontology. In the thought experiment with neuroscientist Peter, it will be shown that a comprehensive science of consciousness...
arXiv Preprint Archive February 4, 2024 Rodolfo Gambini, Jorge Pullin preprint
We will argue that a phenomenological analysis of consciousness, similar to that of Husserl, shows that the effects of phenomenal qualities shape our perception of the world. It also shows the way the physical and mathematical sciences operate, allowing us to accurately describe the observed regularities in terms of communicable mathematical laws. The latter say nothing about the intrinsic...
February 3, 2024 Anastasia Ruban, Mikołaj Magnuski, Justyna Hobot et al. 1 citation preprint
Psychedelics have gained increasing interest in scientific research due to their ability to induce profound alterations in perception, emotional processing and self-consciousness. However, the research regarding the short- and long-term impact of using psychedelics in non-controlled, naturalistic contexts remains limited. Here we aim to fill this gap and explore differences between naturalistic...
Journal of Consciousness Studies February 1, 2024 Mostyn Jones
Neuroelectrical panpsychism (NP) offers a clear, simple, testable mind–body solution. It says that everything is at least minimally conscious, and electrical activity across separate neurons creates a unified, intelligent mind. NP draws on recent experimental evidence to address the easy problem of specifying the mind's neural correlates. These correlates are neuroelectrical activities that,...