Sit in a comfortable upright chair with your feet firmly on the floor. Place your hands palm down on your thighs. Keep your eyes open. Focus your attention first on the sensation of your feet on the ground. If you are wearing socks or shoes, feel them. Feel your feet and their connection to the ground or floor. Next focus your attention on your sea

STEP 1. Settle into the Now: “Feet. Seat. Back.”

“Tucson II—Toward a Science of Consciousness.”

Attaining this kind of creative mastery requires many things. One is acknowledging and then truly believing that you, not someone or something outside you, determine what your emotions are, what your thoughts are, and what actions you take.

Here are some other ideas to play with while relaxing in outer sensation: Can you become “one” with an object? Can you sense the feeling of “being” a lamp or a tree? As you see and hear, do you feel any inner sensations in your body? Do this exercise (and all exercises in this book) in a spirit of playfulness.

As it turns out, the existence of an entity outside the “brain computer” is also implied by a mathematical law called Gödel’s Theorem.

Similarly, take time to listen to the sounds around you. Do not “think” about them—just listen to them.

Homeopathic remedies are made from such extreme dilutions of plant, animal, and mineral matter that they do not contain even a single molecule of the original substances from which they are derived. Instead, homeopaths believe that they carry an energetic signature of these substances—a claim that only today is beginning to be scientifically verifi

I believe that this mysterious programmer of the brain is the true locus of human consciousness. In other words, consciousness is the creator of our brain activity, not the other way around.