Cornucopia: Intention, Skills, Flourishing

intention, cognition and volition


"I'm going to flourish..." {or elicit loving bliss:) - with MDMA as reference experience}

{If someone were to say this, how would this work - philosophically in terms of the philosophy of mind - and actually, so neurophysiologically in context?}

One philosopher at UC Berkeley I know (J.S.) doesn't think it's possible to develop such intention, cognition and volition vis-a-vis 'flourishing.' :)


Will knowledge- and reason-oriented people ever learn the skills to do this in self-defined, optimal ways?


How? What are the neuronal correlates of consciousness (NCC)?

Here's a free MIT Open Course Ware course for learning how a functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging tool might be used to study related areas of brain functioning, particularly vision.

Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Data Acquisition and Analysis

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/health-sciences-and-technology/hst-583-functional-magnetic-resonance-imaging-data-acquisition-and-analysis-fall-2008/

(was -
ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Brain-and-Cognitive-Sciences/9-71Fall-2004/CourseHome/)


Perhaps I'll write a book about intentionality and counterculture in India, at a later date.


Back to the Harbin pools soon, and the relaxation response . . .

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornucopia

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