Continued from part 7. The further we moved from direct access to food chains, the greater our need for synthetic control structures became. The further we moved from what nature was doing on its own,

In the last 2 posts,(for the sake of a thought experiment), I broke our primary needs into the 3 areas where we end up using most of our days and the best part of our focus. Our 3 primary needs Nutrition

Continuing from what was probably a controversial part 4 We looked at how our primary needs end up using most of our days and the best part of our focus. Our primary needs Nutrition - energy and spare

Continuing from part 3. We need energy, our brains are using 20% of our "at rest" energy, we need to procreate, (not as often as we’d like, it turns out), and we need shelter. Once we have those

Continuing from part 2. Regardless of wether we are more movement or thought orientated, what will determine our “trading or economic value” within our cultures is our ability to focus on and tune in to

Continuing from part 1. A tracker needs to be able to read signs and move silently with agility. A singer trains both their body and hearing, an artisan their eyes, taste, and hand skills, a dancer tunes

The need to keep creating novel solutions to survival threats may of stimulated the growth of our large energy hungry brains. The Earth's climate has been increasingly erratic since our early ancestors,

Reality is happening as per the forces in play and the organisms able to move within the scope of that possibility. Those organisms move towards what they need and what they think they need, they move

Morality is the ultimate social conditioner. Designed to steer us away from conflict, and negative emotional responses that can turn into regrettable actions and social unrest. Skills take time, for everything

Understanding does involve thinking, but the less assumption or attachment in it, the more rapidly it grows. When I look at the seaweed and shells on the high tide line, I can understand that was how high

From reading this series and following the thought experiments, hopefully it is beginning to be clear how we could look at Mind in one of either of two states: Feeling To stay in this state we must remain

In the last post we began to look at desire, but I ended up writing more about its opposite, satisfaction. So today we will revisit what it is that tics our toc, and makes us rock. (so sue me lol) "Oh

The ancient religions warned us about our desires, while modern day sages tell us to follow our passion, what is this desire and how does it come to shape the course of our lives? Desire is a strong feeling

In the last Act we looked at the role that trust plays in our behaviour and arrived at the following conclusion: "The greater our desire for something not apparent and the greater our concern over

To trust is to have either experience of or belief in, a favourable outcome. It would appear to be integral with the drive for pattern recognition, upon which both our skills and knowledge, are built.

Of course we care about other people and we want a better world for our children. We have to set safe boundaries where they can play, grow and learn. This policy of limited trust is extended through our

What is it that our parents want for us? Indeed, what do we want most for our children? To be safe, to be happy, to be well, to find and fulfil their purpose? To do all of these things, by their own standards

Is love what remains when we release intension? If the word love is too much, then how about happiness, satisfaction, well being, or the outward focus on all that is occurring without the slightest need

Such a bold tittle, do I know what love is, do I know better than anyone else? Nope, I do like to ask questions, without getting too hung up and where they take me. They are free, so why not ask challenging

In any one moment we can either be fully with the experience of that moment or we can go into our minds. Our minds are like an editing room that can splice together bits of video, sound tracks and other