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PROSPECTUS
LFB AND CREATING A CONSCIOUS STATE
Lightflow uses guided meditations with visual overlays to create distinct conscious states that can be engaged whenever the visual overlay is present.
LFB: BACKGROUND CAPABILITY THROUGH IMMEDIATE
BOTTOM-UP PROCESSING
Lightflow teaches new qualia that can be observed alongside visual information necessary for cognitive inference—standard screen activity. Lightflow alters the screen through light filters or overlays, regularly fluctuating pixel hue, saturation, and value. First, the filter increases in intensity while the user is instructed to inhale. Second, the filter decreases in intensity while user is instructed to exhale. Finally, the filter remains at minimum opacity while user is instructed to rest. During this cycle, the user wires these qualia to corresponding breath actions.
This is a breath meditation, or Anapanasati, the fundamental form of medita- tion in Buddhism. It is also the way in which LFB qualia are wired to immediacy. Once qualia become immediate, the user may practice Anapanasati meditation without disrupting workflow.
LFM: BUILDING A MORE MINDFUL CONSCIOUSNESS
To understand how LFM and LFB work together to create a more mindful consciousness, consider the quale of a friend’s face. The quale of a friend’s face is associated with certain top-down processes, or “features,” which have evolved over time according to various experiences. You feel or think a certain way just by seeing that face. The observation of a friend’s face immediately triggers associated top-down processes, creating a certain state of consciousness.
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