My guess on love, truth, and beauty's evolutionary purpose (as well as the notion of God, which may be a synthesis of love beauty and truth) is that all of them have to do with right-brain activity and, more importantly, with uniting the two halves of the brain, that is, with effecting communications between the two halves through the mid-brain--giving a kind of "three-dimensionality" to our notion of being conscious and alive.
In contrast, a fish has no mid-brain. So his notion that he is alive comes from the sensory input of water pressure as he is turning left and right slightly as he swims. I noted in another post that a fish out of water is a "Godless fish." It may be that our notion of an "external" God is left over from our fish days. --- Duveyoung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.unleashingthewench.com/images/domebrdrd2.jpg > Don't know if > the image will show up for online readers, but the > link above leads to > an image that all of us are familiar with. It > pertains to the concepts > below. I've tried my best to discover the name of > the artist -- anyone > know? Edg > --- In [email protected], Duveyoung > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > "Stu" wrote: "Love, truth and beauty is the > recognition of this > > harmony around us. They are part of nature, its > part of us. No > > supernatural stuff need apply. Even a hardened > materialist can > > appreciate the organic unity of these ideals." > > > > Edg: You know those Necker cubes where the > diagram of a "box" shifts > > perspectives back and forth before your eyes -- > with the brain being > > challenged to mindfully hold one of two > perspectives? > > > > That's the process of enlightenment to me -- you > just suddenly flip to > > the other POV. Blake would approve, eh? And this > is echoed in the > > adages of the masses such as "Fish or cut bait," > "Stand for something > > or fall for anything," and/or "Do you see the > glass as half full or > > half empty." Note that communal wisdom underlines > the natural ability > > of all folks to DIRECT ONE'S ATTENTION. > > > > The appreciation of beauty is obviously not so > hard wired that it > > prevents us from seeing ugliness. I remember > taking my children onto > > my lap when they were crying or pissed off, and > I'd usually be able to > > tweak their minds such that they began to laugh > even while their tears > > or their clenched fists were still griddle hot > processes. > > > > Like that, beauty is always there, but the secret > of life is that > > ugliness is as valuable as beauty. Yeah, Shiva's > needed to dance a > > jig -- gotta have a destruction phase to > progression. > > > > In Art there's photorealistic works that amaze one > with the exquisite > > gem edges, leashed iridescence, and shiny > glintings, and we swoon. > > > > Generally missed by all who view such an artwork > is that using one's > > eyes to see creates just such an artwork -- > looking at the back of > > one's hand is just such an experience with its > 3000 lines per inch > > detail, its 10,000 hues seen, its astounding depth > of view, its > > perfect structures, anatomies, and sense of light > -- and, ITS REAL! > > > > Flip onto that perspective 24/7, eh? -- ya think > it might be a mental > > technique that would evolve ya? I laugh that > there's all these videos > > games out there that are straining to achieve > realism, yet, every kid > > has reality smacking his face like bugs on a > windshield on a dark road > > in mid-summer Iowa -- like Huxley's birds calling > "Attention!" in his > > dystopia "Island." Smack, smack, smack. > > > > Heaven is right there in our faces down to the > neenee-nana-nanosecond. > > Each view, each sound, each report from any sense > is as rich as, > > well, as rich as God could create. Try flipping > into God > > consciousness -- you can do it just like being > able to see a Necker > > cube change. I think anyone has this ability to > suddenly shift into > > ephiphany at ANY MOMENT, "caused" by ANY INPUT. > > > > 'Course, there's no such thing as input, but you > know what I mean. > > > > Edg > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
