Dr. Teta, thank you for this incredibly rigorous synthesis. As someone deeply passionate about neuroscience, I find your SIGNAL model to be one of the most grounded ways to bridge identity and biology.
I approach these truths as a Muslim—meaning I hold an unwavering value for facts and the scientific method, while remaining intentionally open to the metaphysical 'Source' of our agency. I’m not afraid of the 'metaphysical smuggler' label if it means seeking the full truth! 😅
Your article made me reflect on my own experiences with sleepwalking. It’s fascinating (and eerie) to see the 'Machine' play back my personality—talking and laughing—while my conscious 'Self' is entirely offline with no memory later. It proves the 'Zombie' in us is real. But it makes me wonder: By focusing on our automated biological loops, do we risk underestimating the transformative power that meaningful belief holds over the system?
If our biological 'Machine' is sophisticated enough to navigate a room, speak, and even laugh while we are unconscious, it raises a profound question: What is the unique contribution of the conscious 'Self'?
If it can 'imitate' us while we sleep, is the true 'Next Level Human'
found in the moments where the Pilot consciously overrides the playback? I'd love to hear your thoughts on where the 'Automation' ends and the 'Meaning' begins.
Love these thoughts my friend. I think the essential is drives this sensory apparatus like a machine. Perhaps our “soul” or “spirit” or the aspect of us that is a piece of the large consciousness uses this body like we use a car…. To travel and experience. And if that is so perhaps the 3D experience of moving through space (which requires time) has something uniquely interesting or valuable to experience … perhaps to evolve the great consciousness. I am not sure. But I like the idea
BTW, I’ve had EMDR and this describes exactly how the experience was for me. I Return to the experience and Marvel over and over. Active imagination began the film and the joy At seeing the story change Spontaneously at that in-between place, and i Could feel the process Working by itching At my wound and tingling in my head. So cool. I think you are so right On the money.
Dr. Teta, thank you for this incredibly rigorous synthesis. As someone deeply passionate about neuroscience, I find your SIGNAL model to be one of the most grounded ways to bridge identity and biology.
I approach these truths as a Muslim—meaning I hold an unwavering value for facts and the scientific method, while remaining intentionally open to the metaphysical 'Source' of our agency. I’m not afraid of the 'metaphysical smuggler' label if it means seeking the full truth! 😅
Your article made me reflect on my own experiences with sleepwalking. It’s fascinating (and eerie) to see the 'Machine' play back my personality—talking and laughing—while my conscious 'Self' is entirely offline with no memory later. It proves the 'Zombie' in us is real. But it makes me wonder: By focusing on our automated biological loops, do we risk underestimating the transformative power that meaningful belief holds over the system?
If our biological 'Machine' is sophisticated enough to navigate a room, speak, and even laugh while we are unconscious, it raises a profound question: What is the unique contribution of the conscious 'Self'?
If it can 'imitate' us while we sleep, is the true 'Next Level Human'
found in the moments where the Pilot consciously overrides the playback? I'd love to hear your thoughts on where the 'Automation' ends and the 'Meaning' begins.
Love these thoughts my friend. I think the essential is drives this sensory apparatus like a machine. Perhaps our “soul” or “spirit” or the aspect of us that is a piece of the large consciousness uses this body like we use a car…. To travel and experience. And if that is so perhaps the 3D experience of moving through space (which requires time) has something uniquely interesting or valuable to experience … perhaps to evolve the great consciousness. I am not sure. But I like the idea
BTW, I’ve had EMDR and this describes exactly how the experience was for me. I Return to the experience and Marvel over and over. Active imagination began the film and the joy At seeing the story change Spontaneously at that in-between place, and i Could feel the process Working by itching At my wound and tingling in my head. So cool. I think you are so right On the money.
Holy cow I love this. I was wondering along the very same lines 2 days ago. 😊
Love it spoke to you Deb. EMDR is definitely one powerful modality we now have in this direction.
This lands for me at the point where regulation stops being enough.
You can calm the nervous system and still keep returning to the same pattern, because the structure organising perception hasn’t changed.
That’s the part people keep mistaking for “failure to heal.”
Loved this! You had me @ "Your brain is not a recorder, it is a prediction machine" - and I had to read on. Thanks for sharing it!
Allen Kanerva | Founder | INSPYRD
Thank you for reading Allen 💪🏽
You’re very welcome!