--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jun 10, 2006, at 3:47 PM, sparaig wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > >> [...] > >> Different beings, in different dimensions of existence will also > >> experience the same phenomenon differently. A traditional example > >> given would be of a river which a human would see as something to > >> drink, fish would see as their home and gods would see as nectar > >> (etc., etc.). > >> > > > > Skip Alexander likened it to Piaget's Congitive Stages. What seems > > logical in a more > > advanced stage seems completely magical and/or illogical in a prior > > stage and no amount > > of intellectual analysis and explanation by the more advanced-stage > > person will adequaely > > explain/convince the prior-stage person of the validity of the > > advanced stage reasoning -- > > the brain structures simply do not exist to allow this to happen. > > > > You simply CANNOT explain volume conservation to a kid who is too > > young to > > understand. Even if you demonstrate the principle in front of a kid > > using two different > > sized glasses, the kid will say something like "it's a trick!" --I > > did. > > Yes, precisely my point--although I see nowadays thinkers like Wilbur > are in agreement to some positive things about Piaget while at the > same time pointing out his limitations. >
Wilber seems to like Skip's work, BTW. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get to your groups with one click. Know instantly when new email arrives http://us.click.yahoo.com/.7bhrC/MGxNAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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 <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
