TIME PORTALS: Some thoughts about consciousness and transcendence Lex: Humans are capable of experiencing timeless moments. Such moments are the treasure of a lifetime. Ron: (laughing) That's an illusion: time flows with us or without us. Lis: Does the brain manufacture reality or reality create our brains? Linda: (sarcastically) Ahh! This conversation is too arcane! Lex: (ignoring Linda) There is more interactivity than we imagine: the brain shapes our consciousness in part, but in some ways consciousness also influences the brain. Lis: (feigning interest) Hmm. So what's that got to do with this art work? Linda: (ignoring all others) Ah, blah, blah, blah . . . ===================================================================================== from _Last Poems: Lost Poems_ by T Newfields SUMMARY: A playful conversation and image about knowledge, discovery, and information. KEYWORDS: mandala for focus, noetic experiences, brain chemistry, reality Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ) Begun: 2000 in Taipei, Taiwan ✠ Finished: 2019 im Yokohama, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} < LAST https://www.tnewfields.info/LastPoems/scissors.htm TOC https://www.tnewfields.info/LastPoems/index.html NEXT > https://www.tnewfields.info/LastPoems/lethe.htm TRANSLATIONS DEUTSCH: https://www.tnewfields.info/de/zp.htm ESPAÑOL: https://www.tnewfields.info/es/tiempo-p.htm NIHONGO: https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/tobira.htm ZHŌNGWÉN: https://www.tnewfields.info/zh/menhu.htm