Hi Marsha, Thanks for that; i too know little. I also have an additional sense to give you. I call it "proprioception". It is much more than that which dancers expound on. What I am referring to is that sense we all have not only in terms of our bodies, but in placing ourselves in the immediate environment and in this existence as a whole. It turns out that people who lose this sense through accident or disease do not survive for long. Extreme mindfulness gives one an idea of such loss. While it can be liberating, it is deadly in terms of survival.
I can present some physical terms in how this sense works, but a simple introduction on our sensing of electromagnetic forces would suffice. A great uncle of mine researched this in the early 1900s, but modern day research is limited these days, and some is in the area of the paranormal, which is unfortunate. The principles of this sensing are somewhat included in Tesla's theories. A fascinating man who is still ahead of our times. I would give you a link, but I am still looking for something appropriate. Perhaps I am ahead of my times :-). Cheers, Sent laboriously from an iPhone, Mark On Feb 23, 2012, at 10:06 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Mark, > > The aggregates are the different pieces of experience. One interesting idea > to start is that Buddhism considers there is a sixth sense: the mind. And > just as the five physical sense organs have their corresponding material > objects, the mind has for its object ideas, or dharmas. The aggregates are > interconnected and related to dependent origination. All these aggregates > have a unique, non-western explanation. For instance, the aggregate of > feeling, or sensation, is of three kinds – pleasant, unpleasant, and > indifferent. And volitional activities, or mental formations, are described > as a conditioned response to the object of experience and are said to have a > static value and a dynamic value. It's all very detailed and interesting, > but I know just a little. > > > Marsha > > > > > > On Feb 23, 2012, at 10:23 AM, 118 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Marsha, >> I am not sure what you mean by aggregates. Could you explain? >> Thanks >> Mark >> >> Sent laboriously from an iPhone, >> Mark >> >> On Feb 23, 2012, at 12:08 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> According to the teachings of the Buddha the human personality comprises >>> five “aggregates of grasping,”. They are also called the skandhas in >>> Sanskrit or khandhas in Pali. They are: >>> >>> the aggregate of body (rupa); >>> the aggregate of feelings or sensation (vedana); >>> the aggregate of perception (samjna); >>> the aggregate of volitional activities (samskara); >>> the aggregate of consciousness (vinnana) >>> >>> >>> Hey, we're talking 2500 years of intense, thorough, introspective >>> investigation. Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to extract out >>> the cultural ritual and biases. >>> >>> >>> Marsha >>> >>> p.s. I see there is a new video by the Dalai Lama available on NetFlix >>> 'Compassion in Emptiness' - 2011. Also, I live 10 miles away from a >>> Connecticut state university where the Dalai Lama will be visiting this >>> coming October. I wonder what are my chances to get tickets. >>> Moq_Discuss mailing list >>> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >>> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >>> Archives: >>> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >>> http://moq.org/md/archives.html >> Moq_Discuss mailing list >> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >> Archives: >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >> http://moq.org/md/archives.html > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
