I'm lucky that I can have a bit of a bender and then climb back on the wagon for months Francis. I find myself depressed with a lack of hope in the world and my own inability not to care and some desperate need for purpose - something I can't find in claptrap or science. To be in control often feels like the opposite to me - to have accepted much that is unacceptable.
On 22 July, 18:28, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > please explain. > > On Jul 22, 1:09 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I think that posting to a Google group (Mind's Eye) and then linking > > the discussion to a personal website, giving the impression it is the > > locus of attention, is a deceptive practice. > > > On Jul 22, 7:29 am, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Are we in control of ourselves, our lives, our families, our worlds? > > > Or are we just aware and knowing what one can do if something > > > unpredictable happens? > > > There are many explanations for why we do what we do. For example, > > > Thomas Metzinger's new Book, The Ego Tunnel: The Science of the Mind > > > and the Myth of the Self, seriously questions whether there is even an > > > "I", let alone a "we." And Douglas Hofstadter's book, I Am a Strange > > > Loop, contends that the "self" is a recursively self-referencing > > > memory loop. > > > > Hundreds of experiments by Benjamin Libet and others tend to > > > conclusively confirm that our brain prepares to execute our decisions > > > before we are even aware that anything is being decided. It alerts us > > > to our decisions only in time (a split second) for us to veto them. > > > > Seehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Libet, as well as Benjamin > > > Libet's book, Mind Time, and Walter J. Freeman's book, How Brains Make > > > Up Their Minds. > > > > It is quite likely that we have no so-called "free will" other than > > > veto power over our specific actions. Our free will may consist > > > instead of 1) being mindful about any ill-serving subliminal > > > intentions and tendencies that inform our actions so that we are > > > accordingly prepared to veto any action that they correspondingly > > > inform, and of 2) programming (or reprogramming) our subliminal > > > intentions to be more productive of the experiencing that we most > > > desire. > > > > Do we have the power to create our realities? Are we in control? > > > What do YOU think? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
