Lately it's been important for me to think of myself like an elextric motor, two modes: DRIVE - electrons in, mechanical energy out REGEN - mechanical energy

Lately it's been important for me to think of myself like an elextric motor, two modes: DRIVE - electrons in, mechanical energy out REGEN - mechanical energy in, electrons out Except in your brain it's a little harder to label the i/o... it's something like CONTROL - cortical activation in, perceptual changes in the world out SUBMISSION - percepts from the world in, cortical activation out Just like a vehicle, you stop functioning if you stay too much in one mode or the other. And ironically, I find I achieve maximum control when I cycle back and forth in even measure. As for long term projects, I find I need to do this cycling at all time scales. Hour, day, week, month, year. It's the cycling back and forth that flushes out nonsense and keeps your finger on a degree of incontrovertible reality. The trouble is, I often lose track of where I am supposed to be in all these cycles. I am working on software to try to help. Encourage some harmonics.