I am a big believer in place-based learning. The place I visit most often and know most about is the inside of my own mind for that, indeed, is where I live. It is common to think that when we open our eyes we look out on the so-called real world. But which is more likely, that we are privileged to look on such a world, or that we experience an insiders view of a subjective version of that world as tailored uniquely for each of us by our personal consciousness? After facing into that question for thirty years, I have to say I know much more about my subjective version of the world than any...

163 reflections on a new vision of consciousness, On My Mind by Steve Perrin is based on 30 years of personal introspection. Perrin develops a model of his conscious and unconscious mind emphasizing the role of the self in moderating between perception and action. The mind, he says, answers three questions: 1) Whats happening?, 2) What does it mean to me?, and 3) What should I do? He develops the idea that consciousness consists of looping engagements between perception, action, and the world on the far side of our senses, forming a continuous loop moderated by consciousness. Disparities...