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pavel-somov's picture
Sep.19.2012
Some practically irrelevant thoughts: Vacuum isn't vacuum, space isn't space, emptiness isn't emptiness, nothingness isn't nothingness. That which we perceive as "vacuum," "space," "emptiness," and "nothingness" is undifferentiated proto-matter.  This undifferentiated proto-matter is pure...
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Jun.18.2012
Mind is Skin  Made of skin, mind thinks like skin.  It is a fact of human embryonic development that CNS [Central Nervous System], the seat of human intelligence, begins as nothing more than involution (envagination) of ectoderm.  The ectoderm enfolds onto itself (through a...
pavel-somov's picture
Mar.30.2012
First, there is a placid lake of proto-matter.  Then, this lake of oneness takes an interest in itself and eddies itself into forms.  The Universe, once awakened into a lucid dream of separateness, patterns itself into bodies, selves itself into egos, and ego-es itself into objects....
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Mar.08.2012
I keep hearing this curious statistic that one of every two hundred people alive today is related to Genghis Khan.  I am pretty sure that with my high cheek bones and almond shaped eyes, this Russian is one of the lucky ones.  It wouldn’t be a surprise, really – not after the 300 year...
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Jan.22.2012
Objectively, there are no selves.  A Universe that is infinitely and boundlessly One, knows no Other.  A Self without an Other is not a self.  So then what do I mean by "self-interest"?  How can there be self-interest without a self?  I am talking about the Cosmic Id,...