Journal Essays & Reflections
Philosophia de Roberto
Organized contemplations on consciousness, perception, and operating the human vehicle
Organized contemplations on consciousness, perception, and operating the human vehicle
From Morning Coffee Notes to Opening the Valve of Perception
Since about Spring of 2022 I started organizing my philosophical thoughts by typing them out, often from journal entries that I made. It is much easier to jot down ideas in my journal in the morning with coffee, on a plane to go play with Rhonda or in a bistro in Panama, but some of those ideas needed more development, so I started typing them out. This let me edit, insert, rework and rethink some of the concepts.
This whole thing starts with the book How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan. I didn't even need to take psilocybin activated mushrooms in order to realize what all the specialists in that book were saying. I quickly understood intuitively that we are far more than we realize that we are.
Then I began asking the questions, what are we and how do we operate this vehicle that we find ourselves contained within? This starts my second-act journey in life, and I am immensely grateful to recognize such a challenging adventure. One that we all have if we choose to contemplate it deeply. It is a passion that costs nothing, expands the mind, is easily transportable to any location and situation, and has a never-ending depth of field that allows for unlimited growth and experience. It is truly amazing that one person can write down one thing that can send a person on a lifetime of discovery. That path of discovery was always right in front of my face, as it is in front of everyone's, but as Aldous Huxley explained, the human brain is a reducing valve. I believe that it is up to you to accept the challenge of opening that valve as wide as you are capable or interested to open and expand.
I intend to do just that and open the valve, and I intend to write about it. I am going to organize my thoughts here so that they are easily accessible and sharable, which is the best way to open a dialog on these topics, get input and feedback. Hopefully along the way someone will read my thoughts and help me to expand them even further.
An inquiry into the non-material dimension of human awareness, exploring how shifting focus beyond the survival-self reveals our eternal connection to spirit.
Observations on allowing the divine feminine and intuitive creative forces to guide decision-making, breaking through conditioned left-brain dominance.
Practical journaling methodologies and perceptual exercises designed to loosen the brain's reducing valve in daily life.
Contemplating memory feedback loops and the quantum present moment through the lens of individual consciousness.