This is chapter six of my book, Medicine, A Phenomenological Inquiry (2021). Consciousness, according to Antonio Damasio, is the feeling of a feeling.1  Feelings are like a report card, a self-assessment of how you are doing.  “How are you feeling?”  That’s the opening line of every doctor’s exam routine.  The answer is usually brief, andContinue reading “The Symbolisms of Sickness and Healing”