The Gospel of Self-ing: A Phenomenology of Sleep

Kuangming Wu

Philosophy Department, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, USA.

DOI: 10.4236/ojpp.2014.42016                

Abstract

Sleep is consciousness naturally folded back to itself in the self-come-home-to-self, to find life nourished, renovated, and vitalized, all beyond objective management. Sleep can never be understood with direct conscious approach, but must be approached indirectly, implicatively, and alive coherently, as tried here. Sleep (A) is Spontaneity, (B) Self-Fullness, and so (C) sleep is life’s Gospel of Self-ing.

Keywords

Sleep; Alive; Conscious; Spontaneity; Fullness; Gospel

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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