My Perspective

We see the world from various different vantages.  It is an interplay between reality and our own cognition.  Our own cognition is composed of different systems, each with its own processing style and unique phenomenological experience.  Depending on the cognitive mode we are in, different ways of interacting and being in the world come into play.

Modern people live in and identify too much with the verbal and analytic systems.  This profoundly affects our sense of well-being, our ways of relating with others, and also our ability to counter existential angst.  We are estranged from our more ancestral ways and this leads to a chronic state of imbalance.  Still, our older, automatic and non-verbal aspects are the powerhouse behind every thought, emotion and action.  There is much benefit from learning the ways of these ancient systems in order to help steer the direction they lead us, in order to further tolerate and come to the other side of strong emotions, and in order to fully experience a sense of profoundness.  Exploration of the different cognitive systems also gives insight into paradoxes and philosophical problems.  It is a tool for delivering different ways of getting at questions of ultimate reality and the meaning of life.