For those who can chew gum and walk at the same time, this new book may be a good read.
http://www.sbinstitute.com/MindBalance.html On Mar 4, 5:55 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > 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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
