Judy what this reminds me of is Maharishi's explanation that the three deepest levels of individuality are what he calls Iness, Amness, Isness, the latter being the deepest. I like the word Isness because IMO it best avoids the connotation of an object, which so many phrases used in this context are unable to avoid.
________________________________ From: authfriend <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, June 1, 2013 1:24 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Another Voice in the Argument about Consciousness --- In [email protected], "Susan" <wayback71@...> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <authfriend@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" > > <anartaxius@> wrote: snip What the "hard problem" is *about* is something very simple, very immediate, very transparent--that there is *something it is like* to be you, to be me, to be Dennett. You may have to sit with that phrase for awhile before it makes sense; but once it does, a whole lotta crap just falls away.
