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Originally Posted by xMSx

Do you have any theories on how this triggered verk? im interested now

to be honest, no. i can only read the effects of it. my experience of these effects, how my consciousness works, etc. is all subjective, and therefor very personal. but i can say that it seems to me that we have a very important distinction between animals: the ability to develop behavior which is not coded within our dna. i don't mean the way physiological evolution works, which i understand to be a specimen developing a successful new behavior which is then selected for. that behavior also becomes coded in the dna, which serves to evolve the species. i mean behavior that can turn on a dime and adapt to meet different circumstances on a day to day basis. that important ability is what we consider "intelligence," "thought," "consciousness," etc.

it seems like one behavioral effect of this change was using our past experiences to serve as a guide in projecting our circumstance into the future. . . linear thinking. we go with what has worked, the tried and true. these behaviors becomes habits, and we engage them more often than not. i consider this no different from coded genetic behavior. it's a really sorry use of the capacity i outlined in the last paragraph. . . but i digress. from birth this confused, detached consciousness meanders about physicality: testing and remembering, building networks of acceptable, successful behavior. this is the development of the ego, and by the time the consciousness reaches maturity it has a virtual stranglehold on behavior.

if we can break out of that, i believe we can realize our full potential. i see tell-tale signs of this happening in my personal life and on a global scale. if that doesn't make this an interesting time to be alive, i don't know what the fuck would!