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I
disagree that thought necessarily precedes experience. I am defining
"thought" here as related to cognitive rather than purely physiological
activity. I think that in many cases, physiological reactions drive
cognitive activity rather than vice versa. Perhaps you are defining
"thought" differently, though.
-- Ben
G
It's
true that nearly all thoughts have some physiological/primordial-brain
associations, but in some cases (the ones we call "emotions") these
associations are the DOMINANT part of the thought/experience, whereas in other
cases they're only a minor aspect...
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Sure, but it's
still all just "thoughts", which was my main point...I'll also note that these
associations are highly variable across humans. Certain humans are able
to have a high degree of control over the mind/body. Also, I can't
really agree that these "associations are the dominant part of the
thought/experience". They may be the dominant part of the experience,
but the thought proceeds the experience (by a very small increment of
time, yet discernable to the trained mind) and is therefore
the controller. So the thought itself is the dominant
factor.
--Kevin
It
is interesting if Tibetans don't make the distinction between thought and
emotion so crisply as we do. Of course, I'm sure there are many things
they distinguish that we don't habitually distinguish, as well.
Different cultural systems divide up the world in different ways, as we all
know...
That's true
Ben, but tibetan minds are the same as western minds in essence. And
they've got a few thousand years of culture built around the understanding
of the fundamental nature of mind, so their opinion is more valid than
most.
--Kevin
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