My Presentation at the 2024 Science of Conciousness Conference

Identifying Two Phases Of Perception And Solving The Riddle Of Apparent Motion Of Film — Using Advanced Meditative Events In A New Understanding Of Consciousness

Please note that there are two levels being presented in my talk: Theory and practical application.

Introduction:

I had a software company for 30 years, starting back in the 80s. I retired at 47, went back to university, and then moved to the Southwest of France. I live in the Vezere Valley, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site due to the many decorated prehistoric caves found there, and the fact that human beings survived the last ice age there (at least, that’s the marketing pitch). I mention this because of the profound understanding of human perception that our early modern-human ancestors had — which shows in the techniques that were used in their cave paintings and engravings to induce illusions or to represent motion of various kinds.

I have also been a lifelong meditator, starting at the age of 5, when I was introduced to a practice directed to the development of what are referred to as spiritual insights. I wondered why they were called spiritual, because one of the meditation…