You guys and your "experiments". Well the whole experience of
"oneness" could also just be the disruption of the orientation
association cortex. Jill Bolte Taylor, a neuroscientist, describes
this in her book, _My Stroke of Insight_. She had a stroke that
affected much of her left hemisphere, including this area that creates
awareness of personal boundaries. So she had the whole feeling of
oneness with the universe. And also now that she has recovered she is
able to shift her consciousness more to her right brain and get back
to it. She has a TED talk about it:
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html
andi
Quoting Ed Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Ben,
"Entheogens!"
What a great word/euphemism.
Is it pronounced like "Inns" (where travelers sleep) + "Theo" (short for
"Theodore") + "gins"(a subset of liquors I normally avoid like the plague,
except in the occasional summer gin and tonic with lime)?
What is the respective emphasis given to each of these three parts in the
proper pronunciations.
It is a word that would be deeply appreciated by many at my local Unitarian
Church.
Ed Porter
-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Goertzel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 7:11 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [agi] A paper that actually does solve the problem of
consciousness
When I was in college and LSD was the rage, one of the main goals of the
heavy duty heads was "ego loss" which was to achieve a sense of cosmic
oneness with all of the universe. It was commonly stated that 1000
micrograms was the ticket to "ego loss." I never went there. Nor have I
ever achieved cosmic oneness through meditation, although I have achieved
temporary (say fifteen or thirty seconds) feeling of deep peaceful bliss.
Perhaps you have been more brave (acid wise) or much lucky or disciplined
meditation wise, and have achieve a seen of oneness with the cosmic
consciousness. If so, I tip my hat (and Colbert wag of the finger) to
you.
Not a great topic for public mailing list discussion but ... uh ... yah ..
But it's not really so much about the dosage ... entheogens are tools
and it's all about what you do with them ;-)
ben
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