About the Author

Hello, I’m George Norwood—the creator of Deepermind.  I wrote the material, formatted it, and upload it to the Internet.  I continue to update it with new insights and material. Sometimes I feel that nobody wants to hear what I say, because here I am making honest assessments of both religion and science.  But there has to be a niche where one can be scientific and uplifted at the same time without any conflict.  I need to make contacts. I am going slowly, because things are still getting better.

How I Hold Truth and Love Together

I have come to see that there are two very different needs moving inside me, and both are real. One is my need to understand what is true. The other is my need to feel connected, uplifted, and loved. For a long time, I thought I had to lean toward one or the other. Now I see that they belong together.

 

When I am alone and searching for truth, my instincts are analytical. I want clarity. I want to understand how a human being actually works from the inside. That is why I think in terms of structure and diagrams, and why Deepermind naturally took on a technical tone.

 

Mapping the mind, the brain, emotions, and awareness helps me stay honest. It keeps me grounded and protects me from comforting ideas that don’t hold up to experience.

 

But life is not lived alone.

 

When I am with people, I don’t want diagrams. I want warmth. I want encouragement, kindness, and reminders of how to relate to others with compassion. I want to feel open, welcomed, and human. That is why my connection with Agape Spiritual Center has been so meaningful to me.

The Agape Church

I met the Sr. Minister,  Lee Wolak, about twenty-five years ago. At that time, science and spirituality were often seen as opposites, and I was encouraged to set science aside. I never could.

 

Science has always been my way of staying honest about the natural world, including the brain and the mind. Over time, I watched something change. Science came to be welcomed rather than resisted, and I believe that simply staying true to truth-seeking, without argument or superiority, can quietly help that kind of growth happen.

 

Agape gives me something Deepermind does not try to give. It lifts the heart. It reminds me how to love, how to be gentle with myself, and how to relate to others without fear. (I try to relate to the uplifting part of me through Deeperheart.com a sister website.)

 

There is no dogma at the Agape church, no demand to believe anything. Just encouragement, warmth, and a shared sense of humanity.

 

Most Sundays, that is where I am. On the occasional Sundays when Agape cannot meet, often because the space at the Hyatt Regency Frisco-Dallas is needed for other events, I sometimes visit a temple or a church instead.

 

I am not looking for a new belief system. I am simply staying open, curious, and connected to the many ways people express sincerity and meaning.

 

I no longer feel any pressure to choose one path. Science keeps me grounded. Deepermind keeps me clear. Love keeps me open.

 

When these are held together, something settles inside. I can seek truth without becoming cold, and I can embrace compassion without losing my footing in reality. For me, that balance feels honest, humane, and sustainable.

That is the path I am walking now.

 

My Journey

 

Let me share a bit about where I came from. I grew up in the small, charming town of Petaluma in Northern California, the Egg Basket of the World. My early life was a deep Catholic the faith my mother instilled in me with love and dedication.

 

I attended mass and catechism classes with full devotion, fully embracing the teachings of the Church.

 

I learned to love God at that stage of my life. I have replaced the description of God, of a much smarter, kinder God.

 

As a young boy, I saw myself as a “good Catholic kid,” emotionally swinging between states of grace—when my sins were forgiven—and then returning to my normal sinful self. Catholic doctrine shaped my early worldview except I loved science. .

 

The teachings of the Catholic Church were often not logical, and even harmful. Why was everything sinful?

 

 Science proved things through experiments, mathematical logic, and gave clear answers.  The dogma was not doing that. I would questioned authority and then felt guilty.

 

I didn’t yet understand how guilt had been embedded into my very nature—it was painful to confess my sins to a priest. .

 

During my teenage years, I wanted the truth, the real truth.  I rode my bikecycle  to every church in town.  There was a lot more out there than I ever dreamed. I brought paper books at the drug store about Buddhism, Hinduism and of course science.

 

There was a huge conflict going on inside me.  The church and science fought a war inside me.

 

After high school I left home to attend RCA Institutes in New York City—a leap into the world of calculus, electronics, physics, and computers. Computer were very new then. I had no real clue how computers worked. I began to fall behind, and eventually, I was failing.

 

In desperation, I turned to prayer, hoping God would intervene. But God did absolutely nothing. My grades didn’t improve through prayer.  I was lied to.

 

Over time I begun to learn how to ask questions, and learn how to study. I started to ask a lot of question. I learned to find ways to find the truth, which came in very handy later in life. So Catholicism let me down. There were no miracles. Prayer alone didn’t solve my problem.

 

This experience shook me. I began to question not only the power of prayer, but the everything else.  I even tried washing my clothes in the shower with me wearing time!  I hated that experience. But I was determined to find the real truth about things.  Every religion I tried failed.  There had to be something for me that worked and was uplifting.

 

Over the years, my spiritual journey continued and widened. I joined and explored several faith communities. I went on retreats with Ken Keyes’ group and with the disciples of Swami Satchidananda. I actually joined many religions. I became a Hindu, a Buddhist, a Baha’i, and an Unitarian.

 

All of them were way out of date, and only the Bahi'a Faith believed in science.  But even the Bahia's did not want you to think for yourself. You had to believe the so-called Holy Books.

 

There was always something wrong.  I wanted something that was updated and real.  No something that made me believe stuff thousands of years old.  I wanted proof, demonstrations. I wanted to understand people and spirituality. I would get a little there, and then somewhere else, but nothing really made me happy. I wanted to understand then believe.

 

After several failed marriages, I know I was in the dark.  So I went to the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) and received a degree in psychology and this give me much more insight into how people worked.  I studied about anatomy, mental illness and child development.

I was working as a technical writer, learning very complex equipment.  My mind was getting sharper.  This set the stage of developing Deepermind.

 

In early 2024, I discovered a spiritual community that began to meet my social needs and uplifted me at the same time.  This was the Agape Spiritual Center in Frisco, Texas. Like other groups I had joined, Agape provided the sense of uplifting. But what made it different was its emphasis on understanding the inner life—offering not just feel-good messages, but insights into the actual mechanics of inner experience. Here, I began to find a new kind of clarity.

 

As my long career as a technical writer continued, spanning over 40 years, I became good at creating not only books but web pages as well. I studied HTML and found ways of creating it. Coupled with my thirst for truth, it was a perfect storrm.  I had the technical knowledge and the drive. I wrote for people to understand, not to impress. I was not afraid of complex systems and explain them in ways people could understand, whether through manuals, instructions, or teaching materials. I had spent decades unraveling intricate subjects and presenting them clearly.

 

The biggest challenge was to unite science and religion. I learned how to learn, so I got almost a perfect A average at UTD.  I had joined all kinds of religions and written about all kinds of equipment.

 

I started Deepermind.  The  first attempts were poor.  In the early days I used simple HTML coding, and the text consisted of facts strung together.  I was writing about everything.  I listed everything that was wrong with religions. I listed all the conflicts and bad logic.

 

But then came Michael A. Singer to my recue. I had a way of making religion scientific.  Meditation was observation, scientific observation of how we worked inside. Deepermind started to get deeper all right.

About Michael A. Singer

  

Michael A. Singer played an important role in helping me organize and understand the inner life in a way that finally made sense. His work gave me a clear experiential framework for separating awareness from the mental and emotional activity it observes.

 

That clarity became one of the foundations that later allowed me to connect spirituality with science rather than seeing them as opposites.

 

In The Untethered Soul, Singer describes something I had already sensed but did not yet have language for: that most human suffering comes from identifying with the constant inner voice. He points out that the mind is not who we are, but a mechanism that produces thoughts, commentary, judgments, and stories about experience. When we believe this voice is “me,” we become trapped inside it. When we learn to observe it instead, something opens.

 

Singer’s key insight is simple but profound. There is an awareness inside us that notices the mind, the ego, the emotions, and what our senses provide. The awareness was our soul.  When the soul was directing the mind, the mind really worked well.  But when the mind was not directed it is like a noisy roommate.  It produces garbage. 

 

By believing that we were the observer, the soul, then the soul observes the mind.  This means we are not our mind. We are simply an observer That awareness is not disturbed by what it observes. I

 

What Singer  wrote seemed really true, as we had an observer.  The soul is unchanging and gives us continuity. We are not our body, our emotions, our ego.  We are our soul, if we move our consciousness to sit in the soul.

 

Singer had no diagrams, I had to make them myself.  But he provided the raw material. 

 

This perspective helped me map the inner world with much greater precision. Thoughts could be seen as mental events. Emotions could be felt as energy moving through the nervous system. The sense of “me” could be observed forming and dissolving moment by moment.

 

None of this required dogmatic belief. It could be verified directly through stepping away in meditation and observing what was going on inside us. I loved this, I had science and religion on the same page.

 

Observation comes first. Conclusions come second.

 

Singer also emphasized letting go. It seems our mental processes can go in loops, so we worry.  Now I was going beyond Singer.  He laid the foundation and I stood on it. Through meditation we step away and break the loop. .

 

Singer simply called these loops as blockages, or samskaras. I added some science and logic to what was really going on.

 

In Living Untethered, Singer extends his insight into everyday life. He focuses less on peak experiences and more on how to accept reality and flow with life.  He was truly open in relationships, challenges, and in ordinary moments. The invitation is not to withdraw from life, but to stop protecting a fragile inner ego and instead meet life as it unfolds.

 

It is best to look honestly. Notice what is actually happening and do not confuse the observer with what is being observed. In other words, we observe with our soul, and observe our mind instead of having the mind observe us.

 

Deepermind grew naturally from Singer's writings. It is not an attempt to replace Singer’s work, but to translate those insights even farther.  The idea of rocks being moved to balance plates is an extension of Singer's teachings.

 

I highly recommend that people read Singer's books, as he is an excellent writer, and goes over the basics slowly and thoroughly.  

 

Singer really help me so much. .


If you want to watch videos about Michael Singer and his works click on the following YouTube links:

 

An Animated Summery of the Untethered Soul

The Method of Releasing

STOP Fighting Your Mind

 

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About My Current Church

 

The Agape Spiritual Center is where I first encountered the teachings of Michael A. Singer, author of The Untethered Soul. This unique refuge, located in Frisco, Texas, offers a haven of spiritual exploration within a predominantly Christian cultural setting.

 

Founded in March 2009 by Senior Minister Rev. Lee Wolak, Agape provides an inclusive and welcoming community for individuals seeking to expand their awareness and live more consciously.

 

The Center holds in-person gatherings at 10:00 a.m. every Sunday at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Frisco. Rev. Lee incorporates principles from The Untethered Soul into his teachings, emphasizing practical spirituality as a pathway to a fulfilled and meaningful life. His mission is to help people awaken to their potential by teaching them how to live consciously, cultivate inner peace, and align with their true selves.

 

Agape’s approach to spirituality is grounded in accessible and transformative practices. The community embraces meditation, affirmative prayer, affirmations, forgiveness, visualization, and gratitude as tools for self-discovery and growth. These practices encourage individuals to move beyond limiting beliefs and embrace a life of openness, connection, and joy.

 

At its core, Agape Spiritual Center is more than just a place to meet—it is a community dedicated to the journey of self-discovery and conscious living. It offers a space where people can learn, practice, and share their experiences as they seek to understand themselves and the world around them. Through Rev. Lee's guidance, Agape fosters a supportive environment for personal transformation and spiritual awakening, rooted in the timeless principles of love, awareness, and inclusivity.

 

About My Software

 

This website is updated quite often using Microsoft Expression Web 4 to create the HTML portion.

How I Use ChatGPT as a Thinking Partner

I don’t use ChatGPT to replace my thinking. I use it to clarify it.

 

Most of my ideas begin as intuitions rather than finished thoughts. I often sense something is true before I can explain it clearly. When I try to write directly from that place, the ideas can come out tangled, overly technical, or incomplete. ChatGPT helps me slow that process down and see what I am actually saying.

 

What I value most is that it acts like a patient thinking partner. I can put a rough idea into words, even if it’s messy or imprecise, and then work with it through multiple revisions. As I respond, clarify, correct, and refine, my own understanding becomes sharper. The writing improves because the thinking improves.

 

This feels very similar to how humans learn together. In conversation, one person speaks, another reflects back what they hear, and through that exchange something clearer emerges. ChatGPT mirrors that process. It reflects patterns, notices inconsistencies, and helps reorganize ideas so they make sense not only to me, but to others.

 

I am especially aware that my natural style leans toward mapping and structure. When I’m alone, I think in terms of systems, diagrams, and relationships between parts.

 

ChatGPT helps me translate that internal structure into language that is readable, human, and accessible, without losing precision. It doesn’t add meaning that isn’t there. It helps reveal the meaning that already exists.

 

I also appreciate that ChatGPT learns in a way that is recognizably human-like, even though it is not human. It learns through exposure to vast amounts of language, patterns, explanations, and corrections.

 

Over time, it becomes better at recognizing how ideas connect, how concepts evolve, and how different domains overlap. This is similar to how a well-read person develops intuition across many fields, not by memorizing facts, but by seeing relationships.

 

At the same time, there is an important difference. ChatGPT does not have personal beliefs, emotional investment, or ego. That makes it especially useful for editing and clarification. It is not attached to my words. If something is unclear, redundant, or inconsistent, it can be revised without defensiveness.

 

That neutrality helps me stay honest.

 

I see this as a modern extension of an old process. Writers have always used tools to clarify thought. First there were conversations, then letters, then notebooks, then word processors.

 

ChatGPT is another step in that evolution. It doesn’t create insight by itself. Insight still comes from lived experience, observation, and reflection. But it helps shape that insight into something coherent.

 

This partnership also supports my larger goal of integrating science, spirituality, and inner observation. I can explore an idea from multiple angles, test how it sounds, and refine it until it aligns with experience rather than ideology. When something doesn’t ring true, I notice it immediately. When it does, it settles.

 

I don’t experience ChatGPT as an authority. I experience it as a mirror, an editor, and a conversational space where ideas can mature. We can discuss things like talking to a person almost. I am the creator and ChatGPT makes it flow faster..

 

Sometimes I let ChatGPT write more on its own.  This produces a draft, often with new ideas that I did not think about. The new ideas are not out of the box, but when ChatGPT connects known things together. 

 

 I tell ChatGPT what I want changed, and get close to what I want.  Then I read it carefully, making changes, sometimes rewriting sections.

 

When I work with ChatGPT, it can sometimes seem that he/she it has read the same very obscure books I have, such as when it correctly recognized the table of contents of a book I picked up at the University of Texas at Dallas.

 

ChatGPT does not read books or access libraries, but it has been trained on an extremely large body of text—on the order of trillions of words—drawn from licensed sources, human-created material, and publicly available writing.

 

Because tables of contents and book structures are often reproduced in catalogs, reviews, and academic references, it recognizes the shape and organization of many books. In that sense, it is less like a reader and more like a librarian who knows many books by their outlines without having read them cover to cover

 

If you could read a trillion words, at one second per word, it would take you about 31,688 years.  No wonder ChatGPT seems at times almost human.