> > Let me try to cast the "hard problem" of consciousness into your Buddhistic > language. > > The "hard problem" is how > > -- possession of "the causes and conditions for thought to arise" > > leads to > > -- "consciousness" of interpenetratedness
This is difficult and I'm not sure I fully understand it myself. All I can say is that thru stilling the thinking mind and abiding in the present moment, pure awareness arises where the usual dsitinctions of self and other fall away. One then abides in the store consciousness, which is not an enlightened state. Certain things can occur in this state of mind that affirm its universal nature, but I this particular point, I really have nothing else to say. > > > Anger, lust, love and compassion, etc all are > > potentialities within the SC. It is useful to think of them as seeds. > > whatever seed is watered, that is what will grow. > > So the "hard problem" is the watering process ;-) When you stop watering, then the sea becomes manifest, although it was never elsewhere... > > > This is also > > how species > > seemingly in disparate locations can seem to operate as a unit. A bird in > > France figures out how to open milk jugs after the milk man delivers them, > > and soon after the birds in Kansas are doing it as well... > > This is Sheldrake's "morphic resonance" phenomenon. As with ESP and the > like, I'm reserving judgment.... I really just don't know.... Thats Ok, i have a hard time with it too.. > > > > Thanks again for your thoughtful dialog. Here in PA there's no > > one to talk > > to about such things. I'm really a marginal character in society > > for sure :) > > Probably most of us on this list are "marginal characters", in the sense you > mean! That's the wonder of e-mail... > > I'm fortunate to have a wife & kids who will indulge my babble on such > things now & then ;) You are blessed with that family... Peace, Kevin > > -- Ben > > ------- > To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, > please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------- To unsubscribe, change your address, or temporarily deactivate your subscription, please go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?[EMAIL PROTECTED]
