I see a new world shine through the fog. Sunlight is different, and it reflects differently from the ragged surfaces of the old. Too many familiar things are seen through in their insubstantiality. An eternal summer is shining through, one you’ve met before in your heart, as a child, and even before that as an … More When The Fog Thins
Much of what we call ourselves is nothing more than borrowed meaning. It was inherited without our choosing, quietly shaping how we think, act, and experience the world. Freedom begins not by becoming someone new, but by allowing these borrowed meanings to fall away until what remains no longer needs to be maintained. … More Shedding Borrowed Meanings
The mind simulates situations and reads threats into them, quite innocently, to make sense of uncomfortable sensations and unpleasant feelings. As a result we end up seeing in our visual field more than what’s there. We may see a monster in our spouse, an enemy in our friends, etc., and we do so by projecting malicious intentions onto others’ behavior when we are bothered by our own sensations. In a sense, the bodily sensations warp our our visual field: we actually see the world not with the eyes but rather with the flesh. … More Seeing With The Flesh: How our bodies tell us what to see and how to see it
