Sentience or “Consciousness” exists upon a Spectrum. Throughout the course of life and everyday, a being may move Up or Down that continuum. Raw feral instinct in the lower end, deep thought in the middle center, and, what the Buddhists call “Great Compassion,” at the higher end of the spectrum. Human beings exists upon a …
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From sickness to health: Mental illness, Neurodivergence, and Happiness
Everyone has particular psychological quirks; they only become a mental illness if they turn detrimental. Mental illness is as much a part of a persons personality as anything else; whether a chemical imbalance, mood swings, or a delusional belief, all can be managed but are still a part of who we are. One does not …
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Two World Leaders – A Simple Script
My Fellow Citizens! I have come before you today to speak about the ongoing crisis in ________ and _________. While we should all be unequivocal in our condemnation of the heinous brutality of the _______ terrorists upon the helpless civilians of ______, we must likewise be steadfast against the retaliatory targeting of innocent _____ civilians …
Becoming Better Beings
Every living being exists upon a Spectrum of Consciousness, and every day of their lives every animal may rise or fall along that Spectrum. Nonhuman beings can develop empathy and harmony with other species. Humans can overcome our many bigotries and create great beauty -- even bacteria can change their behavior from parasitic to symbiotic. …
Your-Selves
When it comes to my own wellbeing, I am often quite irreverent. Everything from minor safety precautions to contemplations of suicide, I tend to flaunt away with a shrug. However, once I understood the scientific basis of, and the evidence for, how we’re “all connected,” combined with Panpsychist philosophies of Consciousness as existing on a …
Life in a Blink: Time Dilation
Have you ever had the experience that time speeds up when you are enjoying yourself or that it slows down when you are bored? That is an example of time dilation as a subjective human experience. A more objective example would be if you were near a black hole; time would pass much slower for …
The Helpless (A Prose)
It is an awful thing when your people are attacked by your enemies; when your young and your old are helplessly slaughtered inside the trap of useless shelters; when your women are raped with knives and nails; when the massive army of your tiny country somehow manages to somehow show up 6 hours too late; …
Veterans Day (No Valor and No Thanks)
We had a veterans day gathering in my prison. It was the usual flag salutin’, god praisin’, country-musical propaganda, but I felt that it was my duty to go… and, during an open mic, speak candid blasphemy to about a 100 grizzled veterans. You see I believe the Real unpatriotic disrespect to veterans is the …
The Desert War-Gods: Israel and Palestine
One of the greatest friends of my life was an Israeli Defense Forces veteran who turned to hospice work after her rather disastrous tour. She was an irrepressible, exuberant, Mary-Poppins-like personality who was relentless in her passion to raise the spirit of everyone she met. She was killed by the Islamic State in 2016 doing …
Fear – Free
As of former veteran and martial arts instructor, I used to take the time to sit away from windows in restaurants in case of snipers, with my back to a corner, in case of attack, and keeping track of customers coming and going in case of an ambush, but then I came to prison and …
Enchained Empirical Ethicist 