I have done a bit of this sort of thing in the past, Nate, in the middle of the night, in the dark. Some interesting stuff comes out. I think it is when you can shut out some of the artificial world we have created around us and the real universe shines in - in between, as you put it. The physical substance of our bodies is aware of where the rest of the universe is, relative to itself, and responds accordingly - how else could it know which way to fall towards the earth when we trip over. This is the live, universal way of knowing that you are allowing to guide your hand, instead of the knowledge which has been abstracted from reality by your senses and impressed, then stored, in your head - what science calls knowledge.
Tis perhaps a uniquely human challenge my friend, the attempt top embrace the faculties that may well be unique to us (complex abstraction etc. etc.), which can, if used well, afford many privileges, while also deeply embodying the myriad 'other' forms of evolutionary intelligence we may share with other 'forms of life'.
I have done a bit of this sort of thing in the past, Nate, in the middle of the night, in the dark. Some interesting stuff comes out. I think it is when you can shut out some of the artificial world we have created around us and the real universe shines in - in between, as you put it. The physical substance of our bodies is aware of where the rest of the universe is, relative to itself, and responds accordingly - how else could it know which way to fall towards the earth when we trip over. This is the live, universal way of knowing that you are allowing to guide your hand, instead of the knowledge which has been abstracted from reality by your senses and impressed, then stored, in your head - what science calls knowledge.
Tis perhaps a uniquely human challenge my friend, the attempt top embrace the faculties that may well be unique to us (complex abstraction etc. etc.), which can, if used well, afford many privileges, while also deeply embodying the myriad 'other' forms of evolutionary intelligence we may share with other 'forms of life'.