Tag Archives: consciousness

Aware

Posted on September 26, 2022 by swabby429

The cooler temperatures of September in Nebraska bring about a particular silence around the house. At night, I no longer need to use an electric table fan to circulate air in the bedroom. The HVAC doesn’t cycle to air conditioning … Continue reading →

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Through Others’ Eyes

Posted on March 12, 2022 by swabby429

Ever since a young age, I’ve loved reading historical novels and non-fiction about olden times. The accounts written by people who actually experienced the events in the books are the most captivating of all. I feel as if those books … Continue reading →

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Independent

Posted on January 24, 2021 by swabby429

Viable humans have four qualities that enable freedom: consciousness, self-awareness, creative imagination, and independent will. Together, these give us the power to respond, to choose, to adapt, and to evolve our views. These qualities are manifestations of mental clarity and … Continue reading →

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The Light

Posted on October 4, 2020 by swabby429

I like this metaphor that some philosophers use, “when the lights come on”, to describe when a living organism becomes conscious. Of course there is the bookend phrase, “when the lights go out” to describe death. The simple phrases are … Continue reading →

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Brain Awareness

Posted on March 16, 2017 by swabby429

I take a sip of coffee and glance down at Random Kitty.  He is puzzled that I’m not sharing something with him. Random jumps onto the sofa, sniffs at my cup, then leaps onto the floor at my feet to … Continue reading →

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Off To Dreamland

Posted on September 28, 2015 by swabby429

I was in the middle of a guided tour of New York City with Charlie Brown this morning, when everything turned for the worse.  We had just finished riding through Midtown Manhattan on our blue, ten-speed bikes when we decided … Continue reading →

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Huh?

Posted on May 19, 2012 by swabby429

The wailing of the sirens blended into my consciousness.  I was half awake and half asleep.  Struggling into wakefulness, the need to possibly walk downstairs to the basement helped me to awaken.  The alarm clock read two o’clock!  The sirens … Continue reading →

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