@everyday_human@pathfinder@olena@actuallyautistic@devxvda Honestly? I don’t do that.
It’s not really a concept I feel a need to explain. I know it’s a bit Cartesian of me, but given the primacy in my worldview of sensation and subjective experience, I don’t particularly feel a need to explain the human experience to others. I figure they are capable of experiencing it directly, to the extent that they choose to do so.
My philosophical journey could be approximated by an arc from childhood solipsism (I am all that is), to young adult anthroposophy (there is an accessible and objective spiritual world on par with the physical world), to atheist animism (there are no omnipotent/omniscient beings outside of ourselves, but all things are imbued with spirit). Each of these stages has had at its base a distinct focus on my subjective experiences of the natural and spiritual worlds, as opposed to the built and intellectual worlds.
Owen Barfield’s Saving the Appearances made a big impression on me when I read it in university, as has four decades of practice in a nature-centered spiritual tradition.