I did see your good post, Slip, and found it interesting that we were creating posts for this thread at about the same time. I thought, after finishing my post and reading yours, that my comment "participating in a way that demands our awareness and responses allowing the greatest good for all. " covered what I would have said to yours. Was there something else you wanted to delve into?
On Jul 23, 4:05 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > Did you miss my 11:15 post, Molly? > > On Jul 23, 2:40 pm, Molly Brogan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I don't remember anyone implying that anger is a spirit...and Wes, > > these are nice biblical references, but what is your point in citing > > them? > > > On Jul 23, 1:52 pm, Wes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >Do we have the power to create our realities? Are we in control? What do > > > >YOU think? > > > > 29. Jesus said, "If the flesh came into being because of spirit, that > > > is a marvel, but if spirit came into being because of the body, that > > > is a marvel of marvels. (The Gospel of > > > Thomas)http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/gosthom.html > > > > If Anger, or Greed, or Nicotine, or things like that are called > > > spirits, then you could say that these things that control us are > > > created by us. (Wine and Spirits ~ Alcoholism can take a pretty heavy > > > handed control of a person. Prohibition was reversed, and (Creator- > > > ed?) a new course for the country/world.) > > > > On Jul 22, 9:29 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
