Welcome to ymind.xyz —
dedicated to the functions, features & nature of the MIND
in individual experience, cultural relations, & economic markets,
as well as in elementary exchange in nature & universe at large.
MIND (0): connecting perspectives…
While MIND is experienced by entities like us, it isn’t itself an entity, an it—neither object, event, or class of organism, nor is it primarily an abstract idea, being in part at least so directly, personally & intimately experienced by creatures at large. Is there anything at all in the least like it?
Being by nature inquisitive, we explore what it is, therefore—its functions & features in search of its essence—using the mind to seek & share insight through a mindful language held in common to possibly understand ourselves & our world that much better, mind being key to each.
Y (0): Why Y ?
~~~~~~~dividing & unifying,
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~joining & multiplying,
~~~~~~~converging & diverging…
Used as symbolic letter & potentially meaningful representation, a Y has an inherent form, as well as meanings ascribed to it by various fields & cultures, while both form & meanings mirror key fundamental features of the mind–being at once a confluence, making connections, & a difference-finder, making distinctions.
Yogi (the Yankee) famously quipped, “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” Our roads are more or less constantly forked & forking, branched & branching, with each fork also a Y, a confluence where paths connect & flows join, making connections that become (among other things) parts of networks transcending individual locations, greater wholes across orders of magnitude.
0 & 1: center & circumference
In abstract orders explored by the mind, the concepts of 0 & 1 each represent singularities. While each can be taken as representing the whole, the one, they can also be considered dual forks of the Y, making the two the Yang & Yin of a greater whole–the Tao or way of nature, of what is. In that case, the whole might also be called infinite–&/or countless, what physicist Roger Penrose called “non-computational.”
At another order of magnitiude, 0 & 1 may both be seen to harbor its own sense of duality. The 0 may represent either the complete circumference containing the all or a measureless hole within. Similarly, the 1 can stand for both the individual as well as for the larger unities in which such individuals partake as more or less distinct parts. From one perspective, this may reflect the reality of inner & outer, the experienced self & surrounding world. From another angle of view, the duality of mind & body finds experience in context, situation. In concrete terms, countless variable relations of mind-body-&-context give rise to more or less all experience which makes & leaves an impression, the basis of memory, which may cumulatively provide information useful for interpretation, evaluation, & prediction.
Affected by all that’s gone before, whether experienced directly & consciously or not, influences shape expectations & condition responses, as do our evolutionary, social & cultural histories, including learned languages & absorbed media.
Going forward:
~~~~~~~time flies like an arrow
~~~~~~~fruit flies like a banana
However shaped by past events & focused in the present moment, all our sensations, senses, absorbed impressions & embedded memories flow together facing forward, anticipating events, as the mind is primarily future-oriented in its functions, evaluating alternatives at countless time-scales–from screaming ball in immediate play, processing the current mouthful, move, game, series, season, project, deadline, celebration, transition, life-change….
Thought follows intent, accompanies assessment, can lead to new perspectives, directions, realizations, discoveries, dimensions of understanding, facets of pondering…, flowing forward even when contemplating accounts from the past.
So fare forward, mindful friend, to the “Map & Plan” page (link above) & beyond, following thought through its roots in the companion mysteries of embodiment, self & entanglement, in search of better understanding of form, essence & entity, along with a clearer sense of how medium, breath & vehicle intersect with time, space, & imagination….
[Each “room” listed in the menu at the top of the page (above the header image) corresponds with a section or sub-topic of the planned subject as a whole, as imagined, starting here & with the Map-&-Plan.]