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Walking the empty path | Mike Shell | Substack


Walking the empty path
Most conscious experience is a story our minds tell us based on sensory data and on learned categories, labels, meanings, and values. What happens when we notice these constraints and step beyond them?
By Mike Shell
· Launched a year ago