Eu-Biome: the mother-concept of the first person
Eu-Biome: the mother-concept of the first person
Subtitle: consciousness is not “an idea in the head” — it is the felt governance of a living body-territory
1) Sensory opening
Imagine a morning in Peru when the air changes fast: the cold coastal garúa touches your skin, and a few hours later your chest works differently as you climb into the mountains; or the humid heat of the rainforest makes sweat appear before you “decide” anything. Notice the detail: before a thought like “I’m cold” or “I’m tired” exists, there is already a body regulating. You didn’t ask your heart to speed up — it speeds up. You didn’t choose jaw tension — it shows up. You didn’t vote for thirst — it arrives. The first person begins there: life happening in you.
And then comes the question that changes everything: what if “I” is not an abstract entity, but a living biome under maintenance?
If that is true, first-person consciousness is not a philosophical luxury. It is a practical system: feeling and governing what keeps this biome together.
2) Thesis of the text (straight to the point)
Thesis 1: You are an Eu-Biome: a living ensemble sustained by continuous flows of energy, water, and nutrients, with waste collection/output.
Thesis 2: Consciousness (first person) is the felt governance of this Eu-Biome: interoception (feeling from within) + proprioception (feeling position/action) integrated into “this is me, here, now.”
Thesis 3: When you understand this, your way of researching and belonging changes: you start reading Peru (coast/Andes/rainforest) as an extension of your own body — and the body as a compact territory.
3) Three main sections (with Peru examples)
Section A — What “Eu-Biome” means
A biome is not just “a place with trees and animals.” A biome is a living arrangement that stays alive because a support regime exists: what feeds it comes in, what intoxicates it goes out, and the whole reorganizes to keep existing.
In your body, this is literal:
Energy enters (food + oxygen) and becomes movement, temperature, attention.
Water enters, circulates, maintains volume, chemistry, nerve impulse.
Nutrients enter and become structure, repair, signaling.
Waste must exit and be cleared (kidneys, liver, gut, breathing, sweat).
While this happens in a coordinated way, a practical unity emerges: “me.”
Now connect that to Peru:
The coast lives on water efficiency and the sea–desert meeting.
The Andes store and release water in long rhythms.
The Amazon is network and circulation (rivers as arteries).
The whole country is a large-scale lesson in Eu-Biome: input, circulation, storage, output. When flow fails, the territory gets sick. When flow fails in the body, the “self” changes.
Section B — Consciousness as “felt governance” (not just thinking)
Here is the deeper shift: the first person doesn’t start in opinion; it starts in signal.
Interoception: hunger, thirst, heat, cold, heartbeat, tightness, emptiness, nausea, calm.
Proprioception: posture, body weight, balance, distance, direction, force, micro-tensions.
When you integrate these two layers, a point of view appears:
me, here, now, able to act.
So consciousness (first person) is less “thinking about life” and more regulating life while it is happening.
That explains why different environments “change who you are”:
In Andean cold, the body asks for economy and focus.
In humid rainforest, it asks for cooling and adaptation.
On the coast, it asks for rhythm and horizon-based orientation.
The mind is not above the biome: it is a function of the biome.
Section C — Why this matters for teenage researchers
If you want to train young researchers, you need a tool that does not depend on “belief.” Eu-Biome is that tool because it generates method:
You become a research instrument.
Before measuring the world, you learn to measure your state: attention, tension, breath, presence.You understand belonging as science.
Belonging is not just “liking a place.” It is recognizing: which biome trains me?The biome teaches an ethic.
How to use water, energy, and time without collapsing the system.You separate signal from narrative.
A good researcher doesn’t confuse hypothesis with data.
In Eu-Biome terms: don’t confuse “the story in my head” with “the signal in my body.”
Soon the series will address perceptual colonization and Eu-Avatar. But for that to work, the foundation must be clear: the owner of the first person is Eu-Biome.
4) Teenage researcher question (testable)
Question: Which component of my Eu-Biome changes my “self” the most during the day: water, sleep, breathing, or bodily tension?
Simple hypothesis: small changes in these flows alter focus, irritability, courage, and creativity.
5) Safe, low-cost mini-protocol (7 days)
Goal: map “who governs”: Eu-Biome or autopilot.
Measurements (3 times a day — morning / afternoon / night):
Breathing (30s): count breaths in 30 seconds (multiply by 2).
Tension (0–10): quick rating for jaw/shoulders/belly (one number).
Water (yes/no + cups): “Have I drunk water today?” and how many cups so far.
Micro-journal (20 seconds): complete one sentence:
“Right now my Eu-Biome is…” (e.g., dry, sped up, heavy, steady, scattered)
After 7 days, answer: which variable changes my “self” and my attention the most?
6) Body–Territory (APUS) in 3–5 minutes
Sit or stand. No mysticism. Just method.
Feet: feel contact with the ground (20s).
Jaw and shoulders: release 10% (20s).
Breath: lengthen the exhale for 5 cycles (60–90s).
Orientation: look at a distant point (horizon/window) and let your gaze “open” (60s).
Close with one sentence:
“I am a biome under maintenance — I govern by signal, not by haste.”
7) Closing + CTA
If this idea truly lands, everything changes: you stop searching for an “ideal self” and start caring for the real self — the living biome that sustains any research, any politics, any future.
CTA (1 minute):
Choose your biome-base in Peru (coast, Andes, cloud forest/high rainforest, Amazon, mangrove/dry forest) and write:
My symbol: ____
My research question: ____
In the next blog, we deepen the metabolic border — and why the “self” doesn’t end at the skin.
CTA = Call To Action (a call to action).
I-Biome: the mother-concept of the first person
Subtitle: consciousness is not “an idea in the head” — it is the felt governance of a living body-territory
1) Sensory opening
Imagine a morning in Peru when the air changes fast: the cold garúa on the coast touches your skin, and a few hours later you feel your chest working differently on a climb into the mountains; or the humid heat of the selva makes sweat appear before you “decide” anything. Notice the detail: before a thought like “I’m cold” or “I’m tired” exists, there is already a body regulating. You didn’t ask your heart to speed up — it speeds up. You didn’t choose jaw tension — it shows up. You didn’t vote for thirst — it arrives. The first person starts there: life happening in you.
And then comes the question that changes everything: what if “I” is not an abstract entity, but a living biome under maintenance?
If that’s true, first-person consciousness isn’t a philosophical luxury. It’s a practical system: feeling and governing what keeps this biome together.
2) Thesis (straight to the point)
Thesis 1: You are an I-Biome: a living ensemble sustained by continuous flows of energy, water, and nutrients, with collection/removal of waste.
Thesis 2: Consciousness (first person) is the felt governance of this I-Biome: interoception (feeling from within) + proprioception (feeling position/action) integrated into “I am here, now.” (PubMed)
Thesis 3: Once you grasp this, your way of researching and belonging changes: you start reading Peru (coast/Andes/selva) as an extension of the body — and the body as a compact territory.
3) Three main sections (with Peru-grounded examples)
Section A — What “I-Biome” means
A biome is not just “a place with trees and animals.” A biome is a living arrangement that persists because there is a support regime: what nourishes enters, what intoxicates exits, and the system reorganizes to keep existing.
In your body, this is literal:
Energy enters (food + oxygen) and becomes movement, temperature, attention.
Water enters, circulates, stabilizes volume/chemistry/nerve impulses.
Nutrients enter and become structure, repair, signaling.
Waste must leave and be handled (kidneys, liver, gut, breathing, sweat).
As long as this happens in coordinated fashion, a practical unity emerges: “I.”
Now connect with Peru:
The coast lives by hydric efficiency and the ocean–desert encounter.
The Andes store and release water on long rhythms.
The Amazon is network and circulation (rivers as arteries).
The country becomes a large-scale lesson in I-Biome: input → circulation → storage → output. When flows fail, territory gets sick. When flows fail in the body, the “I” changes.
Section B — Consciousness as “felt governance” (not just thought)
Here is the depth shift: the first person doesn’t begin in opinion; it begins in signal.
Interoception: hunger, thirst, heat/cold, heartbeat, tightness, emptiness, nausea, calm.
Proprioception: posture, weight, balance, distance, direction, force, micro-tensions.
When these layers integrate, a point of view appears: me, here, now, able to act.
So first-person consciousness is less “thinking about life” and more regulating life while it happens. (PubMed)
That’s why different environments can “change who you are”:
In Andean cold, the body requests economy and focus.
In humid selva, it requests cooling and adaptation.
On the coast, it requests rhythm and horizon-based orientation.
The mind is not above the biome: it is a function of the biome. (PubMed)
Section C — Why this matters for adolescent researchers
If you want to form young researchers, you need a tool that doesn’t depend on “belief.” The I-Biome is that tool because it produces method:
You become a research instrument. Before measuring the world, you learn to measure state: attention, tension, breathing, presence.
Belonging becomes science. Belonging isn’t only “liking a place.” It’s recognizing: which biome trains me?
The biome teaches ethics. How to use water, energy, and time without collapsing the system.
You separate signal from narrative. A good researcher doesn’t confuse hypothesis with data; here: don’t confuse “story in my head” with “signal in my body.”
Soon the series will talk about perception colonization and the I-Avatar. But the foundation must be clear first: the owner of the first person is the I-Biome.
4) Teen-researcher question (testable)
Question: Which component of my I-Biome shifts my “self” most across the day: water, sleep, breathing, or body tension?
Simple hypothesis: small changes in these flows alter focus, irritability, courage, and creativity.
5) Safe, low-cost mini-protocol (7 days)
Goal: map “who is governing”: the I-Biome or autopilot.
Measures (3×/day — morning / afternoon / night):
Breathing (30s): count breaths in 30 seconds (×2).
Tension (0–10): one number for jaw/shoulders/belly overall.
Water (yes/no + cups): “Have I drunk water today?” and how many cups so far.
Micro-journal (20s): complete: “Right now my I-Biome is…” (dry, fast, heavy, stable, scattered, etc.)
After 7 days: which variable changes my “I” and my attention the most?
6) Body-Territory (APUS) in 3–5 minutes
Sit or stand. No mysticism. Just method.
Feet: feel contact with the ground (20s).
Jaw + shoulders: release 10% (20s).
Breath: lengthen the exhale for 5 cycles (60–90s).
Orientation: look at a distant point (horizon/window) and let the gaze “open” (60s).
Close with one line:
“I am a biome under maintenance — I govern with signal, not with haste.”
7) Closing + CTA
If this idea lands for real, everything changes: you stop chasing an “ideal self” and start caring for the real self — the living biome that sustains any research, any politics, any future.
CTA (1 minute): Choose your base-biome in Peru (coast, Andes, cloud forest/selva alta, Amazon, mangrove/dry forest) and write:
My symbol: ____
My research question: ____
Next blog: we go deeper into the metabolic boundary — and why the “I” does not end at the skin.
*CTA = Call To Action.
Post-2020 publications
Quigley, K. S., Kanoski, S., Grill, W. M., Barrett, L. F., & Tsakiris, M. (2021). Functions of Interoception: From Energy Regulation to Experience of the Self. Trends in Neurosciences.
Supports: ties interoception directly to energy regulation and the psychological sense of self — the core “I-Biome” logic.Berntson, G. G., & Khalsa, S. S. (2021). Neural Circuits of Interoception. Trends in Neurosciences.
Supports: details ascending/descending interoceptive circuits for recognizing and regulating internal states — “felt governance” as physiology.Chen, W. G., et al. (2021). The Emerging Science of Interoception: Sensing, Integrating, Interpreting, and Regulating Signals within the Self. Trends in Neurosciences.
Supports: frames interoception as sensing + integration + regulation “within the self,” matching the blog’s definition of first-person consciousness.Candia-Rivera, D., Engelen, T., Babo-Rebelo, M., & Salamone, P. C. (2024). Interoception, network physiology and the emergence of bodily self-awareness. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews.
Supports: links interoceptive signals to bodily self-awareness and treats the “self” as a multi-system network (brain–body), aligning with “body-territory.”Ibáñez, A., & Northoff, G. (2024). Intrinsic timescales and predictive allostatic interoception in mental health. European Journal of Neuroscience.
Supports: connects predictive/allostatic interoception to regulation across time and to mental health, reinforcing “the mind as a function of biome governance.”
