Yep, I'm assuming that the mind is (at least a partial) reflection of brain/nervous system activity in response to the environment in which it finds itself embedded. Is this the whole story? I'd say we don't know -- but I personally have yet to see any evidence of some part of the mind outside of br...

It's not often the "rat" in a lab experiment gets to tell his side of the story. But then I guess I'm not the usual kind of "rat." I'm happy to see this thread discussing some of the very little we know scientifically about deep states of concentration. Below I'll see if I can ad...