If you’re like most people, you likely consider this voice to be who you really are. Your truest self. Nothing could be further from the truth.

The story weaver and the problem finder combine with other elements from your Narrative-Self to form a nexus that creates the caretaker. Each contributor is simple and functional on its own, but the interactions among them make the voice in your head and what it feels like to be you complicated and produces a great deal of conflict for you, both

Our data suggests that the amount of people transitioning to Fundamental Wellbeing has been increasing significantly since the mid- to late-nineties. Two obvious potential contributing factors are the growth in internet connectivity since that time, and the ever-increasing amount

An alternative strategy of synchronicity and flow generation that Finders use is trying to just surrender to the ongoing flow of life, no matter what is happening.

Finders in most continuum locations appear to be able to develop deeply supportive and caring bonds. Even in the further locations, where personal, or even all, emotion is absent, they seem capable of forming deep and meaningful relationships with each other.

In most of Location 3, only one dominant emotion is experienced. It feels like a mixture of various highly positive emotions and feelings such as compassion, joy, and love. These feel like facets of a single meta-emotion.

One simple observation is that none of these occurrences get rid of the problem finder; they only offer it new opportunities. There’s more to the story, of course, and for that we need to meet another character that makes up the Narrative-Self. The Story Weaver

By contrast, a Finder’s heightened present-moment awareness brings greater attention to sensory information. Looking at something doesn’t mean ignoring smells or sounds. Information from all of the senses combines to produce a much richer experience of the present moment.

It’s no secret that the project has run many highly successful experiments in this area. This appendix contains a chapter excerpted from a short book I’ve written on this topic. If this is an area of interest for you, it can be downloaded from: nonsymbolic.org / how-to-book.