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January 3, 2009

I enjoy my internal world. I enjoy it so much that sometimes I find the morning light outside, when there should be only darkness flecked with shimmering at a distance. It’s then that I realize I am in a room.
Nearly every night I move my body around symmetrical lines and curves while dripping sweat. After, [...]

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December 23, 2008

I’ve never told him to do this. One day he just decided that he liked being in wheelbarrows. I accept such things, without understanding them. Maybe he feels he is a clever dog and wishes to demonstrate just how so. I think it’s not so grand, though. My suspicion is, being in a wheelbarrow is [...]

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December 18, 2008

You must do things that you normally would not. Particularly if you have never done them before. If you are the slightest bit curious, that is, or think that you should. Or feel that you must.
I’m not going to say why. Just do it. If it doesn’t harm anyone. Take a peek behind those corners, [...]

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December 12, 2008

That last piece on the nature of consciousness provoked some interesting responses. It makes me wonder why the philosophy departments are always so small. Probably because we feel more comfortable being error-prone lunatics, like unfastening the top button on the jeans after a big meal. I wonder what that says about people who always wear [...]

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December 9, 2008

Here is a simple question. Is your consciousness solely a by-product of biochemical processes?
In other words, is your awareness of the world and who you are, simply a condition of electrical and chemical interactions between cells?
This is a very simple question. It’s the simple answer that reveals enormous problems. Yes, or no.
My consciousness is considering [...]

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