so then thats why some consider it a good test of a new gem to judge by the dreams you get when you put it on , that is telling you how it affects the 9th (also luck
--- In [email protected], "John" <jr_...@...> wrote: > > > > > > > > I don't see the analogy breaking down but our OS can, the > > > two interact more in the human body than in the computer. > > > We have the feedback system of the fight/flight response > > > for instance so we can be scared of things that aren't real > > > and it'll be the same as if they were. > > > > > > If you don't take the analogy that far and think of some- > > > thing like the TM explanation of mental activity, it doesn't > > > have any actual parallel in the mind but we accept it as a > > > good explanation regardless. It's a software option that > > > thinks it knows how the machine that supports it functions > > > but doesn't really and it doesn't affect *how* the machine > > > runs because it's job is just - in the case of consciousness > > > - to allow the creation of metaphors and patterns out of > > > those metaphors, which is what all our thoughts are. > > > > > > The job of science here is to let us know which of the maps > > > we create corresponds to what's actually happening. > > > > I'm very dubious that we can make a definitive > > distinction between creating patterns out of > > metaphors, on the one hand, and knowing what's > > "actually happening," on the other. How do we > > know our notions of what's actually happening > > aren't really just more of those same metaphors > > and patterns? There's no such thing as pure > > information--there's always an interpretation > > involved, always some pattern-making. > > FWIW, in jyotish, dreams are part of the field of higher knowledge, the 9th > house. Dreams are considered the work activity during our sleeping > conscious, just as our careers/professions are the activities during our > waking consciousness. As such, these dreams are influenced by the planets > that are placed in the 9th house at birth or are transiting the house at the > present time. For example, a benefic planet like Jupiter, a significator of > a biped, would cause dreams to be about a person or people. >
