We spend our lives in the “attic” of our intellect, decorating it with opinions, political leanings, and carefully curated memories. We call this the “Soul” or the “Self.” But the attic is supported by a foundation of ancient, wet, and heavy machinery that we barely understand. We are, as Alan Watts once put it, “a flash of lightning between two eternities of darkness,” but we forget that the lightning requires a very specific kind of copper wiring to exist. This is not just biology. This is the cartography of your existence. Welcome to the mainframe. The doors are open, but be warned: once you see the blueprints, you can never go back to being just a ghost. Read More…