--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <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. >
Which book? > > > > > > > > > On Oct 16, 2011, at 9:39 AM, Tom Pall wrote: > > > > > Vaj, this is a terrible thing to say about TMers. One could draw the > > > conclusion from what you write that RC and Ravi are off the wall and > > > motormouths because they're at the very least psychologically warped and > > > delusional. That of course can't be. RC just runs off at the mouth > > > and takes us on an incredible journey through every nook and cranny of > > > his mind in every post because, well, things are complicated, right? > > > > Well I only read some of RC's posts and none of Ravi's, so I'm probably the > > wrong person to ask! (and of course incomplete causal paths that are mental > > in nature are not unique to TM/TMSP). Although in RC's case, from what I > > gather he had the maturity to see through some of the TM world-dream, but > > perhaps may have replaced it with another. After all, at least TM had a > > strongly ingrained belief that it was scientific. I doubt we could say the > > same for transubstantiation or "grace". > > > > > And it's expected as part of the path forward that you'll spend some > > > months in a mental (behavioral science?) ward because, well, it /is/ just > > > part of the checking notes I didn't seem to receive, right? > > > > 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. > > >
