Blake was a mad prat Francis - but I might just have endured that to have come up with those lines. My view is that we are missing something through not knowing enough about science and knowing what we know of it in a skewed fashion. Whales evolved long distance communication without radio. If one leaves porpoise in evolution, as it where, perhaps we are just at the start of some process with the vastness and life in an understanding of the speed of gravity and new senses and uses for senses. Science was admitting to about 20 last time I looked, and maths to different sizes of infinities.
On 4 Mar, 13:05, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > On 4 Mrz., 12:02, Matthijs <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I tell you this because it is the working of the brain, people put > > conclusions to infinity. It is my point of view that we should not > > seek in the brain but in the thinking that it produces to infinity. > > > Matthijs > > That's a very interesting comment, Matthijs, if I've understood you > properly. > > We tend sometimes, in such discussions, to confuse the levels on which > we are discoursing. In one sense, I don't think the ontological > discussion of epistemology is really so important - does consciousness > exist "beyond" the brain, or is it some kind of virtual software > running on a neuronic hardware/OS? We experience our consciousness > individually, and can experience together, for want of a better > expression, spiritual intersubjectivity. This experience, the > possibilities offered by (self-)consciousness (whatever it is, or > isn't) lead us into magnificent, open depths. Seen from this > viewpoint, we can - to take up the theme of another thread - live > forever right now, in the moment. Or, as William Blake so beautifully > put it: > "To see a world in a grain of sand, and a heaven in a wild flower, > hold infinity in the palm of your hand, and Eternity in an hour." > > Francis --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
