<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Totally fascinating article (long) in the New York Times
> magazine. A
> > few excerpts:
> >
>
> That is interesting, It reminds me of a time I was out of my head
> on LSD and I became aware that I could change the way I responded
> to events, I could see my superego selecting responses to things
> out of a choice provided by my unconscious, it was pure Freud. I
> could conscioussly decide on a different course of action. The
> possibilities for treating mental illness or just achieving
> personal desires is amazing. Unfortunately I got distracted by the
> wallpaper and forgot to take notes.
<grin>
Apparently the LSD researchers who had to abort their
research when LSD became illegal thought they were on
the verge of major breakthroughs in treating mental
illness.
Besides reminding me of witnessing experiences, what she
describes also reminded me very much of what it's like
to be under laughing gas at the dentist. Choice per se
doesn't seem to be involved (unless knowing that you're
getting laughing gas invokes some kind of placebo effect),
but the experience, or at least my experience, was of
feeling pain but not *minding* it, just as the reporter
says. Very blissful too, which I suppose is why it's
called "laughing gas."
>
> >
> > My Pain, My Brain
> >
> > By MELANIE THERNSTROM
> > Published: May 14, 2006
> >
> > Who hasn't wished she could watch her brain at work and make
> changes
> > to it, the way a painter steps back from a painting, studies it
> and
> > decides to make the sky a different hue? If only we could spell-
> check
> > our brain like a text, or reprogram it like a computer to
> eliminate
> > glitches like pain, depression and learning disabilities. Would
we
> > one day become completely transparent to ourselves, and fully
> > conscious of consciousness consciously create ourselves as we
> > like?...
> >
> >
>
To subscribe, send a message to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Or go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/
and click 'Join This Group!'
SPONSORED LINKS
| Maharishi university of management | Maharishi mahesh yogi | Ramana maharshi |
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.
