The question is often asked, “how can I replace the cravings?” And the answer is “with the play of thoughts.” When you can’t observe the surface of something without wondering about what lies beneath, you have stepped into the play of your thoughts. The play of thought is often, sadly,Continue Reading

My cat, Beaujolais, stares at things with a slight tilt of the head. There is an asking in that look. An inquiring. Curiosity, I think. If the thing moves, Beau reacts. He investigates — but only enough to see if it is worth playing with. Like all animals, Beau rituals.Continue Reading

My brain is like a lawnmower which has been in the garage all winter, and it doesn’t start too easily. Oh, there are times when I am up all night with anxiety, but that is chatter, and chatter, is, by and large, the result of too much self-consciousness. Let meContinue Reading

There is always qualia available, ready to reveal itself to us, when we need it. It may be hidden by our usual landmarks and pathways, by the habit of not having had to seek it. It may be beyond our immediate landscape, in someone else’s landscape, and we must journeyContinue Reading

Anybody who has ever played around with an idea knows how one’s sense for that idea evolves over time. In addition, the idea itself evolves over time, too. Furthermore, the landscape of the brain, the neurolandscape, evolves as well. In just the same way, as our animal ancestors in theContinue Reading