It seems feasible to me that consciousness is like a fiber optic cable. There is one source of light, but many, many ‘tubes’ that carry the same light in their own faculty, individually. Except rather than being static and unchanging ‘tubes’ that emit the source light unchanged, we bend the source to our own liking, …
Tag: thought
Choice of Thought
I was just reading David Foster Wallace’s key note speech for Kenyon College, 'This is Water.' Brilliant piece, and boils down a lot of metaphysical teachings into a very concrete principle, that erases much of the wavy, other-worldliness that the other esoteric pieces imbue: that what you think matters, and taking yourself out of your …
Thought and Heart
I have been consumed lately with the idea of consciousness and thought. Being these 'sentient' beings means having the wares to process information and self-reflect upon it. The fabric of individuality. But a thought is plaguing me: Do our thoughts really come from our own psyche? Our own brains and neurons? What if our thoughts …
Amie Zor 