--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" <waybac...@...> wrote: <snip> > Some people here on FFL (I think Dr. Pete) have claimed > that the whole idea that the brain creates consciousness > is backward; they say with great conviction, based on > their own experiences, that consciousness independent of > the brain and its style of functioning gives rise to it all.
FWIW, the idea that matter is emergent from consciousness rather than the reverse (commonly known as Idealism) has been around for a very long time. It isn't somethng Peter (or MMY) came up with on his own.
