Hi TOK List, Here is the second part of the blog series I did with Dr. John Vervaeke on the "onto-normativity" problem. In it, I share a "transcendent experience" I had and then look at it through the lens he had developed called the "continuity hypothesis" which explains how transcendental experiences can be thought of as enhanced flow-into-altered states that enable people to get a more "optimal grip" on the self-world (or agent-arena) relationship: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/theory-knowledge/202002/the-11th-problem-consciousness Here is the link to Part I if you did not see that: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/theory-knowledge/202001/the-11th-problem-consciousness Best, Gregg ___________________________________________ Gregg Henriques, Ph.D. Professor Department of Graduate Psychology 216 Johnston Hall MSC 7401 James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA 22807 (540) 568-7857 (phone) (540) 568-4747 (fax) Be that which enhances dignity and well-being with integrity. Check out my Theory of Knowledge blog at Psychology Today at: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/theory-knowledge ############################ To unsubscribe from the TOK-SOCIETY-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=TOK-SOCIETY-L&A=1