Last year I read some breakthrough in science which said we only see 10% of the picture with our eyes - the other 90% is constructed by our brain based on what it predicts should be there.
Ever play hide and seek with a kid and hide behind a door and have them look at you and walk right past you. Once you learn that people hide behind doors you see 'em :-) It's ALL in the mind... So I shared this with my partner and she told me about something she was taught on a course and I thought we were on the same page until... Last night the topic of the eyes only passing 10% of the visual information our brains construct to the mind comes up - she is like wow! Then I realise she never heard what I thought she had heard at all - she appeared to "get it" when I spoke with her about it AND she was talking about something else! Such is the realm of communication Now what were you trying to tell me again :-) Sent from an iPhone On 28 Oct 2010, at 03:17, Bob1357 <[email protected]> wrote: > <And consciousness? > > > Well, when all said and done. > That is all there is. > Not that I'm done mind you. > Godszen knows me pretty well. > We have chatted privately via email several times. > 1 1/2 year ago, I did not know what advaita, Buddhism, enlightenment, > non duel or duel even was. > I do know this. > One has to be honest with ones self. > Brutally honest. > Which brings me full circle to my point. > One has to start with ones self. > Only then will one realize there is no self. > You are right Mark, about shining back and being separate. > Perhaps more right than you know. > In the beginning, while doing serious self inquiry, it can be very > alienating. > I never felt so apart from others. > Then there is a point where you realize, there are no others, they are > all you,it's all you. > Now adjusting to that (for me) has been very difficult. > I'm still struggling with a balance. > Yes, while "living this life" there needs to be a balance (at least > that's how I perceive it) > Actually, everything must be in balance, but that is a completely > different topic. > Again, back to the full circle point thing. > Focus in, and when realized there is nothing in, focus out. > Please keep in mind I know nothing and speak only from personal > experience. > This me being honest and just typing what ever comes out. > I'm enjoying this conversation. > > > > On Oct 27, 3:17 pm, godszen <[email protected]> wrote: >> you are the light of realness >> >> On Oct 27, 5:10 am, Bob1357 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> <rip the top of your head off, then peel off the rest of >>> your skull like a banana.> >> >>> Sounds wonderful >> >>> <if I focus on finding out who I really am I might not find myself if >>> I look too hard> >> >>> In my personal experience. I did focus on finding out who I really >>> was. I broke down walls, shattered conditions and tore out ideas. I >>> actually went through a lot of emotional pain. Whoever coined the >>> phrase, "The truth hurts", was right. I dug deep and you know what I >>> found. Nothing. Absolutely nothing. There was no me (Bob). Bob was >>> just a bunch ideas, concepts and conditioning. Everything that made >>> Bob Bob was not real. Anyway my point is. I think if you look hard >>> enough and honestly enough you will discover that there is nothing to >>> find. >> >>> On Oct 27, 5:11 am, godszen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>> Mark Ty-Wharton wrote: >>>>> It is about seeking who we really are - >> >>>> you're going to need the satguru to rip the >>>> top of your head off, then peel off the rest of >>>> your skull like a banana, then extreme >>>> samadhi/turn you into a solid block of >>>> undifferentiated love/bliss/light, then maybe >>>> after that you'll get turned inside out- >>>> (it'll be fucking radical) then maybe you'll >>>> get a glimpse of the reality that you are
