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CORE THESIS:
Consciousness does not emerge from neural complexity, so no conceptual filter
– Timeless: no “I” experiencing, only experience itself
– Non-conceptual emotions predominantly neutral, no ego-directed vulnerability
**Cognitive:**
– Superior implicit learning direct understanding without concepts
– Rapid processing (130-200ms)absorbing patterns effortlessly
– Social intuition lost through domestication)
– Adults during: flow states, deep meditation, psychedelic experiences
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TYPE 2: NARRATIVE CONSCIOUSNESS (DMN-Dominant):
**Phenomenological:**
– Mediatedpast-present-future as continuum
– Ego-centric everything labeled and categorized
– Contextualized requires conscious attention
– Conceptual understanding conscious, deliberative
– Intentional learning via theory of mind, not direct feeling
– **Thinking instead of knowing**
**Neurological:**
– Fully integrated DMN
– Complex connectivity (mPFC, PCC, TPJ, temporal poles)
– Anti-correlation with task-positive networks
– Coherent self-narrative across time
– Autobiographical memory system
**Who has this:**
– Adults (constantly, as default)
– Children from 6-10+ years (increasingly)
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WHAT THE DMN DOES:
### The DMN Adds:
1. **The “I”**narrative structure connecting experiences across time
3. **TIME**theory of mind, social perspective-taking
5. **INTERPRETATION**always a conceptual layer between you and reality
2. **The NOW**every experience “contaminated” with associations
4. **Intensity**accumulating complexity and meta-layers
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THE TRADE-OFF:
### We Gain:
– Self-reflection and metacognition (irrelevant in conscious state)
– Temporal continuity and planning (no longer relevant)
– Social cognition and empathy (not relevant)
– Language and conceptual thinking (functional, but clairvoyant intuition is superior)
– Culture and shared meaning (functional but not actually relevant)
### We Lose:
– Direct, unfiltered perception
– Capacity to be fully in the NOW (moment lasts as long as experience) there is no time **reconfiguration**. Adults pursue through meditation, psychedelics, and flow states the very consciousness that infants naturally inhabit.
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MODERN DISRUPTIONS: THE TRIPLE CATASTROPHE:
Modern children undergo **three simultaneous disruptions**:
### 1. DOPAMINE HIJACK (Video Games)
– Dopamine release so powerful it nearly shuts down prefrontal cortex
– Brain compensates by producing less dopamine when not gaming
– Result: reduced attention, impulse control, emotional stability
– Children strengthen networks extremely sensitive to reward
– Natural experiences no longer feel satisfying
### 2. DMN SUPPRESSION (Interactive Screen Time)
– Passive TV activates DMN (narrative processing) chronic DMN suppression
– No space for self-reflection, narrative processing, consolidation
– 50% of teens feel addicted to devices
### 3. FORCED DMN HYPERACTIVITY (Parenting/Education)
– “Think about it!” “Why did you do that?” self-evaluation
– Social comparison future focus
– Suppression of intuition, validation of only rational thought
### The Result: DYSREGULATION
– Not too little DMN, not too much DMN
– But **WRONG DMN usage**
– Loss of Type 1 pure consciousness AND healthy Type 2 narrative
– Mental health crisis: anxiety, depression, identity confusion
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CRITICAL PERIODS: THE NEUROBIOLOGICAL REALITY:
### The First 10 Years Are Decisive
**Hard science:**
– Brain plasticity maximal during specific developmental windows
– Perineuronal nets and myelin **stabilize** learned patterns after critical
periods
– What is encoded becomes **quasi-permanently locked in**
– What is missed is **quasi-permanently missed**
**The double-edged sword:**
– **Good experiences** locked in = **strong protective foundation**
– **Bad experiences** locked in = **lasting structural damage**
**Mechanism:**
– Early learning (0-10) is **implicit**”how to be”
– Forms the **default** you return to under stress
– Later learning (10+) is **explicit**”what I know”
– **Cannot override** early defaults, only modulate them
**If foundation is healthy:**
– Child **feels** when something is wrong (body awareness signals)
– Has **comparison point**disruption is normal
– **No comparison point**no alarm system
– Disruption is **deep and structural**
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THE IDEAL STATE: INTUITION AS MASTER, DMN AS SERVANT:
### The Goal:
– Type 1 consciousness remains **foundation**
– Type 2 develops as **tool**, not identity
– Ability to **consciously choose** between modes
– **Both capacities intact** but in healthy hierarchy
### This Means:
**Retained Type 1 Capacities:**
– Strong intuition and “knowing without thinking”
– Body awareness and emotional intelligence
– Access to direct, unfiltered experience
– Creativity and spontaneity
– Presence in the NOW
**Developed Type 2 Capacities:**
– Healthy self-reflection (not obsessive)
– Planning and abstract thinking
– Social cognition and empathy
– Language and conceptual thinking
– Autobiographical narrative
**Crucial Balance:**
– Can **choose** between intuitive and analytical
– **Knows when** to use each
– **Realizes** the “I” is a construction
– Can **consciously modulate** DMN
– Has both **wisdom AND knowledge**
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PERSONAL TESTIMONY: LIVING PROOF:
### Return to Natural State (Since 2019 after only 12 month process)
**What happens when DMN rests and intuition takes over:**
**The Original Intuition:**
– Same function as DMN but **without storage capacity**
– Contains a **truth filter** no truth, not stored
– Truth is connected to experience in the moment
– Each similar experience in a new moment has its own truth, because it is a new experience.
– **The moment lasts exactly as long as the experience. It will be let go off, because of the uniqueness of each experience – **95% is not personal/ yours** and will/can be released
– Foundation laid in childhood without your voice
– Even “authentic” additions are indirectly influenced
**The Approach:**
– Conscious birth this is clearly perceptible
– Resistance arises if someone tries to make me believe something other than truth
– If there is no truth, attention immediately disappears
– No switching possibleType 1 remains base, Type 2 added as tool.
### 2. Develop DMN Without Activating It
DMN matures neurobiologically but isn’t constantly used; stays in
background.
### 3. Metacognition Without Identification
“I have thoughts” but “I am not my thoughts”Lifelong
Every day time when DMN can be off; prevents permanent dominance.
### 5. Dopamine Hygiene
No gaming, minimal screens; natural rewards only.
### 6. Body as Anchor
Physical awareness maintained; Type 1 lives in the body.
### 7. Truth Filter
Original intuition pre-selects what reaches DMN based on truth; most modern
content fails this filter.
### 8. Conscious Release
95% of mental content is not yours, it is a transformation that occurs within
brains. The DMN does not create consciousness but structures it from pure
experience to narrative self-awareness.”
### Proposition 2: The Paradox
“Adults actively pursue through meditation, psychedelics, and flow states
the very consciousness that infants naturally inhabit. This reveals that
development is not linear improvement but reconfiguration.”
### Proposition 3: Modern Pathology
“Modern children undergo triple disruption: dopamine hijacking, chronic DMN
suppression, and forced DMN hyperactivity. The result is neither healthy
Type 1 nor healthy Type 2 but a third, pathological state.”
### Proposition 4: Critical Period Lock-In
“The first 10 years encode the fundamental architecture of consciousness via neurobiological mechanisms (perineuronal nets, myelin). This becomes quasi-permanently locked inconscious instead of trapped in narrative.”
### Proposition 6: Return Is Possible
– “As demonstrated by personal testimony, adults can return to Type 1
consciousness as primary mode while retaining Type 2 capacities. The goal
is integration: conscious choice between direct knowing and narrative
understanding.”
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IMPLICATIONS:
### For Understanding Consciousness
– Consciousness exists in fundamentally different forms
– Development involves trade-offs, not pure gains
– The narrative self is constructed, not essential
– Direct phenomenal awareness is the ground state
### For Mental Health
– Anxiety/depression may involve DMN dysregulation
– “Living in your head” is not optimal or only mode
– Therapeutic approaches should cultivate Type 1 access
– Modern environments actively disrupt healthy consciousness
### For Society
– Technological engagement not inherently beneficial for children
– Screen time is not monolithicto live primarily in intuitive awareness while
accessing narrative consciousness as needed individually and collectively.
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