Re: [FairfieldLife] Conscience and consciousness (was Re: Clown Suits)

[Llundrub]

I've been reading about the effect of neuron traces. That is, as the brain synapses fire they leave shockwaves or traces which overlap each other such that one experiences the sense of being in two places at once or of having a body within the body.  I'm guessing that when one is very awake through meditation then the neuronal traces occurs in a more coherent and frequent manner due to greater brain use and one gets a more significant neuronal crossover. This can account in a physical manner for a witnessing-type state.   The terms used are 'neuronal signal fading' 'peak signal transmission' and 'decreasing neuronal impulses.'   These are based upon a crossover of Gestalt theories and neurological theories. I'm not sure how much research has been done. I have been reading about it in relation to the use of entheogens as slowing down the signal fading leading to the seeing of tracers and other such phenomena.    But psychedelics are amplifiers of our own mind. It's not as if something alien is placed into the mouth and then the brain. Rather, what is, is amplified through chemistry.   Especially in the case of DMT soups like Ayahuasca. DMT experiences have much to do with language, seeing clouds of letters and cultures all pulsating in one abstract face of god, and other ultraconscious realities which match the notes of the rishis and prophets of most Eastern tantrics. The notes which say that God is a face whose pores are letters which speak a whole solid stream of experiences.   I'm not sure the research into these things has come to the 'cloud of letters' just yet. But it's moving in that direction.   All that said, it could be that the basic solid state of consciousness itself has peak experiences such as death and that shockwaves in the form of fading signal traces spread out from the phenomena. Those signals spread out in space and time in proximity to the cause.   In terms of peak experience, most flowers are picked when they are just ripe. Most fruits are picked when they are ripe. I'm guessing so also most humans.   I have always wondered why I am still around. I feel as if I have come to an end a long time ago and the rest has sort of been a big joke. But I guess I am not yet ripe for the picking. In fact I have felt this way my whole life. I suppose the must always be some fool on the sidelines.   On that note. Don't miss the new Chris Rock TV Series on UPN soon.  It looks funny as shit.     ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff Fischer To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 9:19 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Conscience and consciousness (was Re: Clown Suits) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Llundrub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]...> wrote: > One night I squashed a huge cockroach which squirted across the floor.  After cleaning up its guts and flushing it, because they have a way of still living and crawling away when they shouldn't, I then preceeded to make dinner.  As I ate I couldn't get the sense of squashing cockroach guts out of my mind. It's the restimulation of having squished the guts out of other bodies (animal or human) that's getting to you there.  Not to mention the times you've had your own guts squished out. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.