On Jun 14, 2006, at 3:20 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote:
Good points. This one interested me the most:
"rather by recognizing that mysticism is completely
beyond science."
It is beyond the scientific method in its focus and range, but I
think Sam Harris would claim that when it talks about how the
world "is" mysticism enters the field where logic does apply. You
mentioned that Schroedinger is a physicist, a world class one at
that from what I understand. But Physics is a field driven by math
skills and I don't think that gives him a leg up on this kind of
discussion over say...you or Chopra. It is all speculation about
life. He leaves his credibility in his own field far behind on these
topics. Because you have gained something from it, I will spend
some more time thinking about it.
Curtis you might enjoy the following brief talk with Ken Wilber where
he answers the question "does quantum physics prove god?" where he
rather elegantly explains that the quantum state is not unmanifest
spirit/brahman/the tao/PC. Interesting talk. Not so interesting for
the TM quantum mysticism, but rather embarrassing. I think by
extension you could conclude that a mysticism based on Quantum
physics is pretty bad mysticism...
It's on page two:
http://www.kenwilber.com/professional/media/index.html
