22 Apr

Posted at 15:15h in I Am Time, Koan

We see "its" everywhere, yet rarely notice the "is", though all there is is is.   There are two types of vision, foveal and peripheral. Foveal vision is when our eyes focus and we mentally create static images of seemingly independent things ("its"). The "its" are illusions. Peripheral vision is unfocused. We don't see static "its", we see a continuous fluid "is". The "is" is reality; an ambiguous flow of interdependent and everchanging things beyond description. Peripheral vision is the visible universe unaffected by the mind. While we don't see "its" in peripheral vision, we are sensitive to changes in the flow in areas of peripheral vision. These changes engage our attention causing us to focus with foveal vision on what has changed. When we shift from peripheral vision to foveal vision, the mind creates an "it" from the "is". While 99% of our visual field is peripheral vision, we think the illusions we create through foveal vision are reality....

22 Apr

Posted at 10:15h in I Am Time, Koan

Can the universe (metaphorically, the space inside a circle) precisely fit in a space of a square our mind creates?   A circle cannot be squared. The space inside a circle is the product of multiplying the squared radius of the circle and π (pi) π is a transcendental number; an infinite, non-repeating decimal expansion. That means the knowable space inside a circle is imprecise. The space inside a square is precise. As an imprecise space cannot precisely fill a precise space, a circle cannot be squared.   Transcendental numbers arise naturally in exponential growth and decay processes. They are used extensively in calculus, probability, and mathematical analysis. Transcendental is also the nature of the universe; infinite expansion and everchanging.   The logical mind segregates things precisely, convincing us we know various parts of the universe. However, the universe cannot be precisely known....

21 Apr

Posted at 10:15h in Framework, I Am Time, Observations

In college, I had three LSD psychedelic journeys of which I have distinct memories. One was of my wanting to eat my brain. I felt that my mind and body were a duality. If I ate my brain, my mind and my body would be one. The second was looking at a painting and seeing its colors dripping beyond its frame and onto the floor. The third was when I was wallowing naked in mud in the backyard of my parents' attached house in Brooklyn and saw myself holding onto Earth with dear life as it was spinning incredibly fast and I as afraid I would otherwise fall away from Earth and into endless space. Looking back now, the first journey was the recognition of the duality between our animal consciousness (the body) and divine consciousness (the mind) and our purpose in life which is to integrate the two as a whole. The second revealed that no thing is an independent thing, as it is our mind that creates the forms and shapes of things which are otherwise one interconnected and interdependent thing in the now. The third journey suggested that if we let go our self-identity (Earth life), we will be one with the universe....