Let’s talk about non-local consciousness, who you’re really talking to when you’re on the phone, what happens to me and possibly you when something is put on the back burner, and wish a Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers in the United States, Brazil, Germany, India, China and Japan.







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as some people would say, on the back burner.Well, hey there.Welcome back.The concept of non-local consciousness is really fascinating.When you talk to someone on the phone, you’re not really talking to someone on the phone.You’re not talking to them.See, I I could go through and I’d probably be thrilled because I’m odd like that through each and every layer of what’s actually happening when you use your voice to then vibrate the membrane of the microphone which then translates that into electrical signals and blah blah blah blah.But all that stuff that’s happening to then produce the same effect in the other person’s phone and they’re not talking to you either.And you can say, “Well, well, no, Mark.I mean, I can hear I can hear them in the background.It’s going on live.Well, but you’re not talking to them when you’re not there talking to them.And you could say, well, all long distance communication, all communication that’s not in person works that way, right?I mean, you could be texting someone, you can be, you know, you can be FaceTiming someone, you can be doing all those things and you’re not really talking to them.You’re talking to them, but you’re not talking to them, right?you’re talking kind of to the the the projection of them.The two of you are talking to a projection of each other.What if that’s also what’s happening when you’re talking to someone in person?See, that’s the concept of non-local consciousness.Oh boy, here we go.Right.Okay.So, let’s put that on hold for a second.Have you ever had an issue or problem or something you wanted to solve and you thought, well, I’m just going to sleep on it.Or you thought, okay, I I got to stop thinking about this, but I’m still thinking about this.So, that’s a concept that I think about and utilize a lot.A lot of people who may not be in the creative space, and you know, we’ve had that argument before where I say pretty much everything’s in the creative space, but people who think they’re not in the creative space and do a job that seems very direct and linear, they may think they sit down and they focus on ideas and concepts and problem solving and then they solve the problem.And sometimes it’s not that moment, but sometimes it takes days or whatever to work on the finished product.But when they’re not thinking about it, they’re not thinking about it.At least that’s what they think.There have been a number of projects, rather large ones or small problems that seem unsolvable that I have put, as some people would say, on the back burner.I say, “Okay, I’m going to shift this to the back of my head for lack of a better feeling.It feels like I moved it to the back of my head.” And then I go on with my life, but I can kind of feel that it’s still there.Have you ever rightclicked and copied something with your mouse and then your hand and your mouse feel kind of heavier or sluggish until you paste it?No.Am I the only one?It’s that same kind of concept where you have something going on on the back burner.And for me,