I've just found your series and went through both part 1 and 2.
Great work, thank you for bringing these people and their work to my attention!

Personally, I'm having trouble trying reconcile what I can best describe as some kind of duality inside my mind.
On one hand, I've always considered myself a thinker, a philosopher if you will. I spend much of my time just thinking about life: the universe, physics, philsopy, society, consciousness, spirituality and the meaning of it all. But it's a very rational, logical process of thought and reasoning, playing out and comparing various scenarios in my head.
At the same time, I realize that it's all just a part of me - there's some deeper level of existence behind it all, my (or our?) subconscious self so to speak, which somehow feels more natural and connected to nature and the universe, that I can tap into at times whenever I manage to pause or get around this continuous rational thinking process. Sometimes this "spiritual self" surfaces naturally, but more often than not it requires conscious effort to connect with it (I've been practicing meditation lately to this end).

Based on your writings I think you will at least somewhat understand what I'm trying to describe here.

Anyway, I'm hoping some further examination of the work you're presenting in this series will help me find some harmony in this weird experience of existence.
Thanks again!