Did we JUST gain meaning after a few billion years of evolving? Did we just gain a soul about 200,000 to 500,000 years ago? It seems albeit pointless to have existence before us then.
But what
is time,
really?
Animals and many people live their lives on the lower circuits, to put it in
Timothy Leary terms. They mostly live in the lower four circuits of thought.
1. The Biosurvival Circuit (the Breath of Consciousness)
This circuit is imprinted in infancy, concerned with
suckling, nourishment, cuddling, bio-security, etc. The imprinting of this circuit sets up the basic attitude of trust or suspicion which will last for life. First activated when a human being is born, and programs perception onto an either-or grid, divided into nurturing-helpful and noxious-dangerous (approach/accept vs. flight/flee). This circuit is activated in adults by
opioids such as
heroin. This circuit is said to have appeared in the earliest evolution of the invertebrate brain. This circuit begins with 1 spatial dimension, forward/back.
2. The Emotional–Territorial Circuit (Freud's Ego)
The Emotional Circuit is imprinted in the toddling stage, concerned with emotions, domination and submission strategies, territory, etc. The first imprint on this circuit identifies the
stimuli which will automatically trigger dominant, aggressive behavior or submissive, co-operative behavior. This circuit is activated by large quantities of
alcohol (
inebriation). This circuit appeared first in territorial vertebrate animals. This circuit introduces a 2nd dimension; up/down.
3. The Symbolic or Neurosemantic–Dexterity Circuit (the Rational Mind)
This circuit is imprinted by human artifacts and symbol systems. It is concerned with handling the environment, invention, calculation, prediction, building a "map" of the universe, etc. It is associated with physical dexterity. This circuit is activated by
stimulant drugs such as
methamphetamine and
cocaine. This circuit supposedly appeared first when
hominids started differentiating from the rest of the
primates.
4. The Domestic or Sociosexual Circuit (the "Adult" Personality)
This fourth circuit is imprinted by the first
orgasm-mating experiences and tribal "morals". It is concerned with sexual pleasure (instead of sexual reproduction), local definitions of "moral" and "immoral",
reproduction, nurture of the young, etc. It is basically concerned with operating within
social networks and the transmission of culture across time. This circuit is said to have first appeared with the development of tribes. Leary never associated a drug with it, but some have pointed out that
entactogens such as
MDMA seem to meet some of the requirements needed to activate this circuit.
....The meaning of life is to reach the higher circuits....
5. The Neurosomatic Circuit (Zen–Yoga Mind–body Connection)
This is concerned with neurological-somatic feedbacks, feeling high,
somatic reprogramming, etc. The fifth circuit, according to Leary, is consciousness of the
body. There is a marked shift from linear visual space to an all-encompassing
aesthetic sensory space. A
hedonistic turn-on occurs, a rapturous amusement, a detachment from the previously compulsive mechanism of the first four circuits. This circuit is activated by ecstatic experiences via physiological effects of
cannabis,
Hatha Yoga,
tantra,
Zen meditation, and
free fall. Leary describes that this circuit first appeared in the
upper classes, with the development of leisure-class civilizations around 2000 BC.
6. The Neuroelectric or Metaprogramming Circuit (Psionic Electronic-Interface Earth Grid Mind)
This circuit is concerned with re-imprinting and re-programming all earlier circuits and the relativity of “realities” perceived. The sixth circuit consists of the nervous system becoming aware of itself. Leary says this circuit enables
telepathic communication and is activated by low-to-moderate doses of
LSD (50-150 µg), moderate doses of
Peyote, and
psilocybin mushrooms. This circuit is traced by Leary back to 500 BC, and he associates it with the
Silk Road.
7. The Neurogenetic or Morphogenetic Circuit (Buddha–Monad "Mind")
This part is concerned with evolutionary consciousness (past and future),
DNA-
RNA-brain feedbacks (ancestral, societal and scientific). The first to achieve this mutation spoke of "memories of
past lives", "
reincarnation", "
immortality" etc. This circuit is activated by regular doses of
LSD (200-500 µg), higher doses of
Peyote, higher doses of
psilocybin mushrooms,
Raja Yoga, and years of dedicated
meditative practice in general. The circuit first appeared among the
Hindus in the early first millennium and later reappeared among the
Sufi sects.
8. The Psychoatomic or Quantum Non-local Circuit (Overmind)
The eighth circuit is concerned with
quantum consciousness,
non-local awareness (information from beyond ordinary
space-time awareness which is limited by the
speed of light), illumination,
out-of-body experiences,
astral projection, contact with alien entities (which does not necessarily specifically refer to only materially based creatures from
outer space, but rather all beings, including e.g.
angels) or with a
galactic overmind, etc. Some of the ways this circuit can get activated are: the awakening of
kundalini, shock, a
near-death experience, etc. This circuit has even been compared to the
Buddhist concept of
Indra's net from the
Avatamsaka Sutra. This circuit is activated by
DMT, high doses of
ketamine (75-125 mg
IM, see "
K-hole"), and high doses of
LSD (1,000+ µg).
