I always know ALL the answers(on Jeopardy.) It's the questions I have problems with. As in life; sigh. *grin*
dj On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 1:39 AM, rigsy03<[email protected]> wrote: > > I think of my brain as a toaster- sooner or later the idea/memory/ > understanding will pop up. Some will be scorched or flaccid. Plus we > have accumulated a lot of knowledge over the years- it might be a > storage problem. When I watch "Jeopardy" and realize I know many of > the answers I marvel at the brain's retention. > > On Jun 26, 1:16 pm, retiredjim34 <[email protected]> wrote: >> rigsy - thanks for responding. My notion is not that we can't remember >> more than a few days. It is that our physical brain does not have the >> capacity to store more than a few days' memories. So they must be >> stored elsewhere. Where might that be? I propose that it is part of a >> consciousness that goes beyond this physical plane. That's why I >> mentioned the out of body stories. Jim >> >> On Jun 20, 3:55 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> > I dispute your notion that we cannot remember beyond a few days- I >> > have a fierce memory- though I may have to ask myself what was purpose >> > of my entering a room, cabinet, etc. Our dead continue to exist- they >> > are in our bones of memory, our appearance, habits, quirks. My >> > daughter is just beginning to find this out and I am quite silent >> > while I watch her journey- why ruin the surprise? >> >> > On Jun 18, 3:16 pm, retiredjim34 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > For some time, being retired, I have been thinking about such >> > > ultimate questions as: why are we here, what is life all about, what >> > > happens when we die, and do we continue to exist after we die. Drawing >> > > on a lifetime of reading and experience, I think I’ve arrived at some >> > > unusual answers. >> > > To begin building a foundation for those answers, I first >> > > wondered >> > > about just who I am; what is it that is me? I don’t believe I’m the >> > > reflection I see in the mirror. No. If I lost an arm or leg, I still >> > > believe I would be 100% me. It seems that the real me, then, is the >> > > consciousness that is within my body. Hmmm. How might I check this? >> > > How about my memory. During part of my working career I was >> > > involved >> > > with data storage and encoding, the object being to pack as much >> > > information into as little storage as possible. If you think about all >> > > the things you remember – scenes, happenings, conversations, other >> > > sounds, smells, numbers, taught information, etc. – and the capacity >> > > of the human brain, it is clear that the human brain can remember at >> > > most only a day or two of recent events. So where are the things I >> > > remember stored? >> > > I happen to have had a couple of out-of-body experiences. I >> > > recall >> > > being conscious of looking at my body lying on a bed, and of being >> > > able to look around the room and out the window. Each time the >> > > experience scared me, and I quickly returned to my body. But while out- >> > > of-body I now realize that I could recall everything I could think of >> > > while in my body; the me that was in my body was still the me that was >> > > out of my body. >> > > Many books describe out-of-body experiences. The best, I think, >> > > is >> > > Thirty Years Among the Dead by Dr. Carl Wickland. In it, he discusses >> > > numerous examples of patients who had died yet whose spirit was still >> > > “here,” entwined with another body. In each case, the spirit of the >> > > now dead person had what seems to be a perfectly normal memory of >> > > their life, and exhibited the personality quirks they had while alive. >> > > So it seems that the human memory resides elsewhere that in the human >> > > body. >> > > Fine, but still why am I here? Indeed, why is anybody or anything >> > > here? Consider what “here” is. We know that this world, and everything >> > > else in the universe, is matter disbursed in an almost infinite amount >> > > of space. But then we also know that E=mc². In words, this "here" can >> > > be reduced to the simple statement that all is energy, even matter. So >> > > “here” is a vast pool of energy, a pool that includes each of us as >> > > well as everything else in this physical universe. Yet it seems that >> > > our memory does not reside in this physical universe, given that it is >> > > not the me in the mirror but is present in out-of-body experiences. >> > > Could it be that there is a consciousness, what might be called an >> > > infinite consciousness, that contains each of our memories as well as >> > > everything else that has ever happened anywhere in the universe at any >> > > time, and maybe even a lot more than that? I don’t know of anything to >> > > disprove this possibility, so let’s assume for now that it might be >> > > correct. >> > > So why am I here? Well, all that is in the universe might be here >> > > simply because it pleases the infinite consciousness that this is so. >> > > It is simply an exercise of an attribute of that consciousness. Fine. >> > > But why am I here? Assume that the infinite consciousness wishes to >> > > experience this physical universe. Of course this could be done by >> > > endowing each thing in the universe with its own consciousness. That >> > > consciousness would know that it was part of a much greater whole. But >> > > it would also know that it was discrete in and of itself. Yet we don’t >> > > know that – each of us believes that we are complete and separate from >> > > all others; we have the freedom to be whatever we choose and do >> > > whatever we want. It’s as if there is a veil or curtain between our >> > > discrete consciousness and the infinite consciousness, this veil >> > > concealing our connection to the whole. (Unless we ponder such things >> > > as where our memories are stored.) Put differently, the only way the >> > > infinite consciousness can experience this universe from within the >> > > universe is to use such a veil to conceal from the individual’s >> > > consciousness his connection to the whole. Could that be why we are >> > > here? I think so. >> > > So what happens at death? Drawing on this view of consciousness, >> > > both >> > > individual and infinite, it would seem that all that happens at death >> > > is that the physical body ceases to function. The individual >> > > consciousness continues. And that is just what books like Dr. >> > > Wickland’s report. If you want to know what happens beyond death, the >> > > Seth books by Jane Roberts gives one view, or answer, a view that >> > > seems to build on that expressed by Dr. Wickland. >> > > I would welcome reading your reaction to all this. Does it make >> > > sense >> > > to you? Is this a rational and sufficient explanation of the ultimate >> > > questions, or of why we are here? Or not?- Hide quoted text - >> >> > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. 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