tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post7845967155056832961..comments2024-03-18T12:22:54.723-04:00Comments on Stayin' Alive: In the beginningCervanteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-69094751403718313842009-08-30T16:37:48.098-04:002009-08-30T16:37:48.098-04:00A guy named Bill once told me that in his view mys...A guy named Bill once told me that in his view mysticism had three basic postulates:<br /><br />1)The universe is here for a reason, not by accident<br /><br />2)People are somehow connected with this purpose<br /><br />3)It's possible for some people to become aware of this connection and be a part of the team, so to speak<br /><br /><br />Are people who think things like this kidding themselves? Or is your disbelief merely a product of your own limited perception?<br /><br />May the Creative Forces of the Universe help us to pursue Truth, Justice, and the Potentially Sentient Way.mistah charley, ph.d.http://imissfaf.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-4458652955974528632009-08-25T06:53:20.117-04:002009-08-25T06:53:20.117-04:00you are saying right about that. really very good ...you are saying right about that. really very good posting. thanks for this.Ayurvedic Medicinehttp://www.naturesformulary.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-76340321286214365562009-08-25T06:37:25.367-04:002009-08-25T06:37:25.367-04:00Oh well. It sounds like a good link, but I'm ...Oh well. It sounds like a good link, but I'm not privileged enough to read it.<br /><br />This was interesting:<br /><br />"Charles Darwin argued that a continuity of mind exists between humans and other animals, a view that subsequent scholars have supported."<br /><br />So, I wonder what constitutes that "continuity of mind?" That is, what is the evidence for it? Did the article say?<br /><br />I recall Jill Bolte Taylor describing something like this during her stroke: "Because I could no longer identify the boundaries of my body I felt enormous, and expansive. I felt at one with all the energy that was, and it was beautiful there. And all of a sudden my left hemisphere comes back on line and it says to me "Hey! We got a problem. We got a problem. We've got to get some help."<br /><br />She said the brain is wired such that the right brain processes in parallel, the left brain in series. I can see this would give the left brain a temporal quality ... a past, present, and future. But the right brain would not experience things so linearly. (Her's was a left brain stroke.) It seems the right brain is more wrapped up in this "continuity." It's a curious thing. I can't say I've ever felt it.Bixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263963508785739508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-38065620576134481802009-08-24T13:38:12.034-04:002009-08-24T13:38:12.034-04:00i don't need to know the origin of the univers...i don't need to know the origin of the universe. that is a question we will never solve -- in terms of time and mass, we are something less than the fleas on a dog in a far side cartoon -- and it matters not to our lives. <br /><br />the origins of life on our planet -- that's a project that has reaped much information, and will continue to do so. <br /><br />the human mind, though, is fascinating. want to think more before saying more.kathy a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14479337952651746193noreply@blogger.com