Theory of mind is a term from philosophy and psychology about knowing someone else’s mental state without being told.

The key is identification—once you identify with the simulation, you are embedded in it. You are part of the whole setup, playing a passive role. If your involvement changes, so does your experience.

Existence is divided between things we do and things that take care of themselves. Therefore, some part of you is already living without making choices.

When people speak of “aha” moments, insight and intuition have cut through a tangled problem and gone directly to the truth.

The culprit isn’t experience, because experience can still be joyful and authentic at any time of life. The culprit is hidden in the texture of our lives—it is time. I said above that becoming embedded in the interpreted world (i.e., the spell/dream/illusion) only needed time, nothing else. By the same token, escaping the grip of time is the only

The dictionary definition of reify is “to make something more concrete or real.”

At any moment in the day, simply shut your eyes, take a few deep breaths to bring on a state of relaxation, and center your attention on your heart (or on your breath).

If stories were held lightly, the way we experience The Hobbit or The Great Gatsby, being diverted for a while before moving on, vexing problems wouldn’t arise. It’s not the story that is responsible; it’s our attachment to it. Attachment falsifies experience by freezing it in place.

time is an artifact of human experience.