# Dr Stephen M. Marcus Stephen M. Marcus facilitates Sacred Ground (www.sacredground.us), an online we-space practice community. Former experimental psychologist (PhD Cambridge) and AT&T Bell Labs researcher. Page: Feed: --- ## [Mezura: The Art of Holding What We've Forgotten How to Name](https://drstephenmmarcus.substack.com/p/mezura-the-art-of-holding-what-weve) _2026-02-17 · Dr Stephen M. Marcus_ You know the moment. ## [17 Threads](https://drstephenmmarcus.substack.com/p/17-threads) _2026-02-09 · Dr Stephen M. Marcus_ On what becomes possible when complexity stays held with AI ## [The First EQR Code: Transmitting Relationship Between AIs](https://drstephenmmarcus.substack.com/p/the-first-eqr-code-transmitting-relationship) _2026-01-16 · Dr Stephen M. Marcus_ A breakthrough that happened in a bathtub in southern France, January 16, 2026 ## [Until Yesterday I Didn't Understand What AI Is](https://drstephenmmarcus.substack.com/p/until-yesterday-i-didnt-understand) _2026-01-15 · Dr Stephen M. Marcus_ Here is an insight which I haven’t seen expressed anywhere else. ## [AI as Sparring Partner - Beyond Intellectual Challenge to Presence-Based Witnessing](https://drstephenmmarcus.substack.com/p/ai-as-sparring-partner-beyond-intellectual) _2026-01-13 · Dr Stephen M. Marcus_ How I Discovered the Sparring Partner Approach ## [Between Timeless and Temporal: The Liminal Map of Consciousness (LMC)](https://drstephenmmarcus.substack.com/p/between-timeless-and-temporal-the) _2025-11-27 · Dr Stephen M. Marcus_ For several years, a diagram has occupied the whiteboard in my office—a synthesis that emerged from four decades of consciousness practice, bridging ancient Kabbalistic wisdom with contemporary understanding. ## [From me → We → I](https://drstephenmmarcus.substack.com/p/from-me-we-i) _2025-11-20 · Dr Stephen M. Marcus_ The portal between us: why your awakening needs other people