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

[Vaj]

On Oct 25, 2006, at 10:14 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: 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? What confuses me is how time fits into all of this. This  whole concept of sequential lives is bound to space-time,  yet consciousness is not. From the perspective of  consciousness, isn't the life-Bardo-life-Bardo-life-Bardo- life-Bardo-etc timeline purely an illusion? Not necessarily. It's the same conundrum that gives people fits when  they read that Buddhists believe in reincarnation, but at the same time believe that their is no such thing as an individual soul that could be reincarnated. The answer, of course, is "Knowledge is structured in consciousness." *From the point of view* of  timeless Unity, there is no time, and thus no  sequential series of incarnations. However, from the point of view of the individual who is exper- iencing these individual incarnations, there is. One could say that time and reincarnation are "illusions" and only the "ultimate" reality of timeless Unity exists, but I don't think that's it.  The thing is, *both* exist, seamlessly, and without the least bit of conflict. It all depends upon  where "you" stand when looking at them, and who "you" is at the moment you choose to look.  :-) Beautifully said! __._,_.___ 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 __,_._,___