At the risk of sounding like a know-it-all-douche. :D
If y'all want to be
really tripped out, enroll in some math courses (or at least think about math from time to time, don't neglect it as a mode of transit to the source
).
I feel like when I do math, I'm thinking more similarly to how the universe thinks than when I think using words (I feel exactly the same way about music, btw-- which I regard as both a creative
and mathematical pursuit). It feels very good and natural, like mathematical ability is as important an aspect of the human mind as linguistic ability but teaching it is under-emphasized (or just conducted in an ineffective manner) in contemporary culture.
Like, for instance, I think they need to NOT drill kids relentlessly on arithmetic when they're young. It just makes them hate math: I know that's what it did to me. But when I got older, and re-considered some of this stuff with a more psychedelicized mind, I realized how astoundingly
trippy it all is.