Consciousness arises even in molecules, in atoms, as clinging. It is an impulse to endure or belong, which only appears fleetingly when outside forces force them to “let go” – as when water molecules let go of a melting snowflake. Certainly this is true in people (and many other creatures)Continue Reading

Members of the “in-crowd” who have lost their “self” in selfish landscapes, who cannot clearly differentiate themselves from the other denizens of their particular human niche, perhaps only feel their unique (or even “absolute?”) self the moment when the sun goes down or the weather changes or in a crisisContinue Reading