The Great Conflict Between Being and Existing - A Bio-Phenomenological Ontology 

Being, Mind, and Self: An Existential Dance  

The Great Conflict Between Being and Existing

Being as Pure Presence

Being is the secular and democratic foundation of existence. It precedes mind and self:  

- It is the primordial flow of life (DNA, environmental resonance, cellular differentiation)  

- It does not organize itself for tasks—it simply is  

- It sustains existence from a place of wholeness  

"Being does not choose—it embraces. It does not control—it perceives. It is the field before the player."  

Mind as the Body’s Interface  

The mind emerges from Being as the integration of:  

1. Proprioception: The body in space  

2. Interoception: Internal bodily signals  

Basic equation:  

Mind = Proprioception + Interoception  

It is shaped by emotions and cultural conditioning.  

The Self as a Functional Mask  

The "self" is a learned construct for action:  

- Creates postural tensions (modulates proprioception)  

- Generates visceral patterns (modulates interoception)  

- Is always a constrained mind serving a specific role  

Example:  

The "professional self" ≠ the "parental self" ≠ the "spiritual self"  

The Trap of the Self: When Doing Obscures Being  

Loss of Human Quorum Sensing  

When fixated on tasks/beliefs, the "self":  

1. Filters out collective field awareness  

2. Disrupts group neuro-affective synchrony  

3. Creates isolation (↓ social connection)  

Contrast:  

Sel Being

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The Neuroscience of Consciousness  

Complementary Tools


NIRS EEG

Key Insight:  

Gamma coherence (EEG) marks states of Being-integration.  

Spirituality as Reconnection Technology  

Collective Synchronization Practices  

1. Buddhism: Navigating historical affective "selves"  

2. Candomblé: Orixás as embodied emotional archetypes  

3. Spiritism: Tuning into others' emotional fields  

Common Mechanism:  

"Spiritual metacognition is somatic: it lets other patterns temporarily inhabit the body, expanding Being-awareness.  

Ritual Examples  


Ritual Examples

The Art of Conscious Oscillation  

Life’s natural rhythm:  

1. Contract to act: The "self" engages (necessary)  

2. Expand to be: Reconnection with the field (liberating)  

Wisdom Key:  

"The goal isn’t to eliminate the 'self,' but to remember we are primarily the Being that holds it."  

Simple practice:  

- 3 minutes observing breath  

- Noticing gaps between thoughts  

- Remembering: "I am the sky, not the clouds"  

"Being is the ocean. 'Selves' are waves: temporary forms of the same water." 

Integrating neuroscience (fNIRS/EEG), philosophy of mind, and spiritual traditions into an accessible model.

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