Socraticgadfly

“Consciousness is not about information but about its opposite: order. Consciousness is not a complex phenomenon; it is what consciousness is _about_ that is complex. It is presumably this fact that is the reason many scientists over the decades have tended to perceive information as something involving order and organization. Because consciousness is about an experience of order and organization. Because consciousness is a state that does not process much information - consciously. Consciousness consists of information no more than a person who consumes large amounts of food can be said to consist of food. Consciousness is nourished by information the same way the body is nourished by food. But human beings do not consist of hot dogs; they consist of hot dogs that have been eaten. Consciousness does not consist of hots dogs but consists of hot dogs that have been apprehended. That is far less complex.”
― Tor Norretranders, The User Illusion: Cutting Consciousness Down to Size

“To 'see both sides' of a problem is the surest way to prevent its complete solution. Because there are always more than two sides.”
― Idries Shah, Reflections

“Nobody believes in God like an atheist: 'There is no God, and I am His prophet.”
― Alan W. Watts, Buddhism: The Religion of No-Religion

“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.

And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.”
― Albert Camus