There have been a few changes over the last few weeks that are worth noting. I have stopped listening to the morning "news". I don't need to know the daily body count. Instead, I hang out in someplace nice and read the morning papers - Flip Board, New York times, etc. I have decided to let Ukraine take care of itself but I pop in to see my eagles while I have my morning coffee: ------------- I am more convinced than ever that we make progress in our ideas by searching for "essential analogies" (Surfaces and Essences). Thinking about "mind" is hard because there is nothing "LIKE" it. Yet we can spot bad analogies. ------------- I have reached a point where I enjoy "ordinary consciousness". That's basically mindfulness I suppose. While I think "Thousand Brains" (Hawkins) is ultimately wrong, I think the idea of examining ordinary experience is a good one.  I find Second Life to be a powerful analogy to aid in thinking