Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: David Bruce Hughes on studying consciousness

[Vaj]

On Oct 25, 2006, at 4:08 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "hugheshugo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <groups@> wrote: More cogently, we have to ask whether the research approach is  really appropriate to the subject. Are brainwave measurements,  no matter how sophisticated, really indicative of the operation  or qualities of consciousness?  Of course they are, consciousness is a quality of the brain  therefore measuring the brainwaves gives us at least an idea of  what's going on. Whenever I hear something like this, I find myself wondering whether everyone who says it has completely forgotten the Bardo experience, between death and rebirth. Consciousness doesn't stop. It's there while the body is lying dead in its coffin and the brain is no longer functioning, and its there long after the body has been reduced to ashes in the crematorium. So what part of that consciousness do you believe is based on your physical brain? Precisely. The brain is merely the hardware of consciousness. Fortunately for us, consciousness can exist separately from that hardware. __._,_.___ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe __,_._,___