[this is an excerpt from my book "memes"]
To me the human mind is an expanding universe. It is never just in a single point in time-and-space. It is simultaneously back there… out there…and… just over there.
The “back there” part is an echo from past events. This sense of the past comes with sounds, images, words, feelings, dictums, and memes. It is a stable “state of mindfulness” that supports continuity.
The “out there” is a collage of dreams, mirages, siren calls, beliefs, and memes. This element is a virtual mind-raft which is endlessly searching for the purpose, or the meaning, of life. This is an unstable “state of mindfulness”.
And... squeezed in between “back there” and “out there” is the “just over there”. This element is a fuzzy muddle of contested ideas, themes, contexts, content, and memes. It is a bubbling state of confusion, distraction, compression, and haste. This element is the change state.
And so, for me, the human mind is a perfect combination of back there, just over there, and out there. Which means it is a swirl of sounds, images, words, and memes. It is a chamber full of content that often lacks context. I suspect, therefore, that those who are said to have “lost their minds” have lost the ability to present a viable context for their current state of mindfulness.”
Richard.
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