On Fri, 2009-08-07 at 11:35 -0700, Brent Meeker wrote: > But as Bertrand Russell, David Hume and many mystics have pointed out you can > wake up and > realize there is consciousness but the "I" that possesses it is a fiction.
There are also many common reports of what is colloquially called "ego loss" in the hallucinogenic literature. Users report the experience of being "conscious" in that they are awake, perceiving sensory data, and performing motor functions, but they have no sense of self or "I". Johnathan Corgan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
