On Oct 16, 2011, at 11:49 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradhatu@...> wrote: > > > It's just part and parcel of a mental path: mental causes create mental > > effects. Given what we know about neuroplasticity today, I'd have to > > respond: you would have to either change your mind long enough for your > > cortex to re-weave new connections -or- you'd have to so foundationally > > shift your consciousness so as to effectively alter your way of thinking > > and seeing the world. Otherwise you're trapped within the neural hardware > > of the imprisoning cortex that you yourself had volitionally woven. > > > > That felt like scripture to me on this Sunday morning Vaj, thanks! I am knee > deep in to a book about neuroplasticity and it has really forced me to > rethink my life's habits.
"What fires together, wires together" is one of my favorite sutras.