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Short essays on consciousness, perception, and practical experimentation, drawn from many years of work.
20 January 2022
A Model for Consciousness
Meditation, mindfulness and other forms of consciousness exploration have become increasingly popular in the last few decades, but what is often still missing is a basic understanding of what consciousness is.
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1 October 2022
Where Is Your Attention?
If you study meditation, consciousness or mindfulness, you will quickly learn that it is all about paying closer attention to the world both outside of you, and inside of you.
1 August 2022
How Deep Are Your Memories?
Memory is one of the most powerful ways to deepen your understanding of consciousness. Using our memory deliberately can also be a great alternative if you want a bit of downtime in your day.
15 June 2022
Getting in Touch with Your Senses
A while ago I started a new job with a well-known tech company. They were even voted the best company in the world to work for several times
20 May 2026
The End of Meaning?
What if consciousness isn't fundamentally about meaning — but about structure? This question sits at the heart of a shift happening in both neuroscience and first-person meditation research.
1 December 2022
The Depth of Your Attention Determines the Depth of Your Experience
Sadhguru is the founder of a school of meditation and yoga called Isha Yoga. If you get the chance, make sure you go take the Inner Engineering course that is the core of his work.
1 July 2022
Sensing Space
Recently, while looking through a user forum about Dr Joe Dispenza's popular meditations, I noticed a lot of people were struggling with the concept of "space." When Dr Dispenza refers to space, he is
20 June 2026
The Shadow Self: What we resist, controls us
For most people, the idea of the "shadow self" conjures up images of hidden darkness — suppressed anger, shame, jealousy, trauma, or socially unacceptable desires lurking somewhere beneath conscious a
1 November 2022
The Reversible Dreamcoat
Years ago while backpacking through Denmark as a student , I found a weird little shop. I was a design student at the time, seeking to understand the Danish design aesthetic. I never imagined this lit
1 May 2022
How Can I Be More Present?
The modern world constantly competes for our attention through smartphones, social media, and work demands. Mindfulness practitioners refer to "being present" as focusing attention on what exists in t
1 September 2022
Should I Use Affirmations?
Thinking is the structured use of mental reasoning, where we verbalize or talk to ourselves inside our head. Affirmations are a specific type of thinking. In an affirmation, our intention is to create
22 June 2026
What AI can teach us about Consciousness
One of the strangest things happening in the AI era is that organizations are rediscovering the importance of structure. For years, in my job as a program manager in large technology companies, I watc