In Some Sense

"All statements are true in some sense,false in some sense, meaningless in some sense, true and false in some sense, true and meaningless in some sense, false and meaningless in some sense, and true and false and meaningless in some sense."
Principia Discordia

"All phenomena are real in some sense, unreal in some sense, meaningless in some sense, real and meaningless in some sense, unreal and meaningless in some sense, and real and unreal and meaningless in some sense."
-Robert Anton Wilson

"All philosophies are valuable in some sense, harmful in some sense, meaningless in some sense, valuable and harmful in some sense,  valuable and meaningless in some sense, harmful and meaningless in some sense, and valuable and harmful and meaningless in some sense."
-Laren Grey Umphlett

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8 Circuits of Consciousness 3D Illustration

This may be a bit over a few heads...

This is an illustration series of my variation/interpretation of the Leary/Wilson Eight Circuits of Consciousness model. The circuits orient using the position of the little spaceman in a chair.

Circuits 1-5

Circuit 6

Circuit 7

Circuit 8

1 forward/back

2 up/down

3 left/right

4 steering left/right

5 steering up/down

6 cosmic inspiration

7 cosmic expiration

8 infinity

The Eight Circuits of Consciousness (Leary/Wilson Model):
1. The Oral Bio-Survival Circuit
2. The Anal Emotional-Territorial Circuit
3. The Time-Binding Semantic Circuit
4. The Moral Socio-Sexual Circuit
5. The Holistic Neurosomatic Circuit
6. The Collective Neurogenetic Circuit
7. The Meta-Programming Circuit
8. The Non-Local Quantum Circuit

The various circuits are influenced and/or activated by various means and methods.
To understand the above illustrations one should have a better understanding of The Eight Circuits of Consciousness Model.
Here are some useful links:

http://www.quora.com/Whats-a-good-explanation-of-Timothy-Learys-eight-circuit-model-of-consciousness

http://www.tekgnostics.com/EIGHT.HTM#.VL0xX9LF_Z0
http://www.verticalpool.com/8circuitbrain1.html
http://ultraculture.org/blog/2013/06/13/the-8-circuits-of-reality/
http://deoxy.org/8circuit.htm
http://www.phinnweb.org/neuro/8-circuit/

The Misadventures Of The "C-Word"

Words are tools. Sometimes tools become weapons. We all know that.
But we can sometimes turn a blunt tap into a sharp thrust with our over-sensitivity to words.
For example, a four letter word strikes deep at the hearts of some. This word starts with a "c" and ends with a "t", and although it isn't "cat" it seems to be loosely related to that word.
The "c-word" is that sharp effective and sometimes necessary screeching sound made when the blade of the sword strikes the crossguard of the opponent's weapon causing sparks to fly. This term of endearment is weilded with great skill by some, and rather foolishly by others.
It's a simple word: four little symbols arranged in a particular way, uttered by one and translated by another; felt by both. But to most humans on Earth the letters "c", "u", "n", and "t" are total jibberish,  regardless of what order they are in.
Words are what we allow them to be. To be honest, the "c-word " (like all words) does have a time and context for appropriate application.  Perhaps not as a general statement such as "All women are cuntaloons", but individually one person may feel and express that another specific person is a "cuntaloon ", and that person may reasonably retort. The cycle may then continue until exhaustion or boredom sets in....
or until whole nations are at war.
It depends.

What Is Thought? (Krishnamurti)

What is thought?
Jiddu Krishnamurti

The Awakening Strain

The Awakening Strain

"Awakening" sometimes comes with many adornments: flowers, robes, good feelings, cultural adornments, artwork, support groups, etc. Cultural adornments can be easily passed off as superfluous bullshit, but these adornments can be tools for transcendence if they do not become dogmatic traps. Awakening comes with many great benefits and by way of various paths, but awakening isn't always all marshmallows and gravy.

Awakening, simply put, is transcendence. Transcendence is a beautiful path, but it requires work. For example, a musician really begins to feel music when they transcend the thought of music theory or structure, but the work is still required. Beyond the structure of music is where creativity begins. Music theory itself is not music, but a tool. A religious person can begin the process of true spiritual awakening when they transcend dogma, structure, or system. The symbols and adornments of the various cultural perspectives are tools much like music theory. A meditator achieves awakening by no longer consciously adhering to method and entering into a realm beyond the deliberate effort.

But the work doesn't end once the door is open. The awakened mind (in a relationship with the body) still operates with one foot remaining in the "real" world, and can often struggle to understand surface reality as it interrupts higher consciousness. It's much like swimming to stay above water. The awakened mind has broken through the surface to breathe, but is still doing the work and continues to get wet.

There are also the personal human confines -the relationship of the awakened mind to the animal. For myself, although "awakened" (or I should say "perpetually in the cycle of falling and awakening") I still enjoy a good fight, wood fired meat, horror movies, strange humor, sex, chocolate cake, and other earthly perversions. I still experience anger, judgment, worry, frustration, and fear (although to a lesser degree). These are not flaws to be corrected. These are animalistic tendencies to be observed and experienced. Much as yin has a relationship to yang, the awakened mind can have a relationship to the animal body. One does not necessarily need to derail the other. Despite my love of my inner animal, I also find greatness in the smelling of flowers, staring at trees, creating forms of art, intellectual conversation, deep meditation, and expressing love and compassion.

A lack of perfection is the journey of the awakening strain. There is never a cause to give up, just enjoy the adventure, for no adventure is an adventure if it is perfect. Certainty has no place in awakening, but uncertainty comes with its own strains that are well worth embracing. The work continues.

"Awakening is possible only for those who seek it and want it, for those who are ready to struggle with themselves and work on themselves for a very long time and very persistently in order to attain it."
-G.I. Gurdjieff

Apes gone a'skillet!

Apes gone a'skillet!
Enjoy the morning primate delights...

Fry Art: http://youtu.be/hy-2UANUoQg

The Chakra-Circuit Model of Consciousness/Reality

All circuits of consciousness can be glimpsed or experienced by some, but generally people float around one level and oscillate down or up depending on many factors or contexts.  Through intentional practice, higher experiences, and even traumas one may affix into a higher level. Most humans are stuck in the lower levels of consciousness. 

Examples of levels:

1-2: All adult humans function within these first two levels.

3-4: Most humans also glimpse into these territorial citcuits. (Those who are stuck in political, religious, or cultural ideologies)

5-6: Artists, the creatively inclined, meditators, thrillseekers, scientists, philosophers, naturalists, Buddhists, the religiously enlightened, yoga practitioners may function primarily in the 5th and 6th circuits.

7: Higher yogis, mystics, psychics, monks, and others may be affixed in this higher circuit.

8: The Buddha, yogis in a state of Samadhi, Jesus, possibly extraterrestrial intelligences, potentially self-aware networked artificial inteligences.