Joe (well, Edgar actually), But so what (not the bit about blind people)? Quantum physicists are also very knowledgable about the transience of matter, and thus the impermanent nature of reality, but the mere knowledge of it doesn't awaken them. It has to be experienced.
Mike --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@...> wrote: > > Edgar, and group, > > Edgar is SO right, in this bit. There is just reflected light and scattered > light. Imaging, and interpretation of images, is one of our inherited gifts. > Of course, blind people do not participate in visual imaging, yet they > possess a "spacial" sense assembled by the other senses. And blind people > feel warmth of sunlight, and can orient toward the Sun. > > --Joe > > > Edgar Owen <edgarowen@> wrote: > > > As a very simple example reality doesn't consist of focused visual images > > we think it does. Focusing light occurs only in the eyes because the eye > > has lens that focus the light. Thus there simply ARE NO VISUAL IMAGES of > > anything in the real world out there, they exist only in the mind's > > illusory model of reality.... > [snip] > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
