I am going on vacation. Enjoy! I'll be without internet for a while. That's good news for you folks : ) Sent via BlackBerry from Vodafone
-----Original Message----- From: Rodger <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:31:52 To: Advaita-Zen<[email protected]> Subject: Re: The Internet When...if...consciousness presents,the brain and neurons firing are spoken of as if they were things...inseparable from the presenting consciousness. The structure is built upon the foundation. The foundation is foundation-less. Structures may come and go but... On Jul 31, 8:46 am, Bob1357 <[email protected]> wrote: > That's a great analogy. > I like it better than hand and fingers thing or the ocean and waves > thing. > You may have come up with the new analogy to be used for the next five > hundred years. > Did you come up with that one your own? > Do you mind if I take credit for it, if you did? > :) > > On Jul 31, 6:35 am, Rodger <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Both consciousness and the internet have some form of existence > > otherwise there would be no possibility of discussion of their > > existence or non-existence. > > But,like you say...cannot exist alone...independent of...? > > > On Jul 31, 6:28 am, Mark Ty-Wharton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Consciousness is like the Internet > > > > It does not exist > > > > There is a structure for existence for the Internet - servers - switchers > > > - routers - nodes > > > > Disconnect all the individual computers from the Internet and it ceases > > > to exist as an entity though the hardware would still be present > > > > The brain is a structure for existence for consciousness > > > > Think of neurons in the brain as nodes > > > > If neurons are firing consciousness is present and we speak about it as > > > if it is a thing > > > > Like the Internet, not a thing that can exist on its own > > > > Everyone knows what it is > > > > It has a noun in language > > > > But it doesn't exist > > > > It's a concept > > > > You are a concept! > > > > Cheers > > > > Mark > > > > Sent from an iPhone
