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Secrets

1. Thought depends on countless influences; therefore, you cannot just will it.

2. You only see the inside of your head—the dreamlike simulation model.

3. Consciousness arrives 300 millisecs after the brain has done its analysis!

4. We all DO what we must, however, we are, at the very least, free to BE.

5. The succession of events appearing over the horizon of consciousness grants the illusion of time passing, as well as its variable rate of passing.

6. Don’t sleep through your dreams, for, you can direct this virtual reality!

7. Love and lust are nothing but bonding hormones—phero-moaning away!

8. Mental ills stem from the unrelenting persistence of thought.

9. Meditation is not what you think!

10. To gain a modicum of free will, stall that same old robot response, and, in that newly opened space, otherwise not even there, get more creative!

11. You can’t KNOW it unless you DO it!

12. To live life well, one must be fully present for each and every moment.

13. Mind, it matters; matter, ever mind!

14. We note not the sea in which we “see”.

15. ‘I’ (Awareness) observes the contents of the brain’s mind.

16. ‘I’ am not this body . . . this mind/self . . . or even this very thought . . .

17. The universe is the ultimate free lunch—its conserved energies add to 0!

18. Physics/consciousness is information coming in from the outside/inside.

19. The eternal substances are made only of themselves; composites are built from them!

20. There is no objective reality at the sub-atomic level.

21. Mirror neurons practice what you observe; therefore, be careful, for they become you!

22. Emotion overwhelms logic, but, knowing this, can we chose to ignore emotion?

23. Stop trying to change others, big time, for, personality is rather fixed.

24. Consciousness is a Ground.

25. We share 99% of our DNA with the chimps — so, now, who is so great?

26. No time machines are possible – they would’ve been back here already!

27.We needn’t die if we can prevent DNA damage during replication.

28. Useless aversive feelings may someday be removed. Then we’ll be “in the zone”!

29. We’ll be able to build everything that we need, atom by atom.

30. The world is not flat or round—it’s going downhill.