salyavin, ok, here's a comment and question for you: you mention that there's all these addictive chemicals in our brain. Fascinating! Do they have survival value? And if they increase with certain experiences, why? More survival value?
Previously you mentioned something about several brain areas coming on line to produce an experience. And in your case, it felt profound and wise, etc. You remembered it. So again I ask why and theorize that the reason is simple: it has survival value. Yikes! I hope it's not just the bacteria and or DNA for which it has survival value! On Monday, April 14, 2014 11:55 AM, salyavin808 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <sharelong60@...> wrote : salyavin, yes, I like your last paragraph about depth recognition getting crossed with reward center for pleasure. Now here's the next important step I think: does that have lasting value for life? Because if it does, then for me it doesn't matter how it came about, as long as it didn't involve hurting other life. Nor does it matter if we call it "God" or silly putty or brain upper right quadrant firing. If it has lasting value for life (and yes, how would we operationally define that?) let's go for it! I thought that's what we were doing with whatever we do. No it doesn't matter what you call it, pleasure is pleasure. I mentioned before about a TM inspired flash of enlightenment that I'm not sure if it's a good long term proposition. Does it ever get boring? I know that taking hallucinogens does, maybe enlightenment is a drag after a while. But the hunger for it is addictive, we have all sorts of addictive chemicals in our brains you know, they usually get regulated but in mystical states maybe we get a higher dose. Judy was right, I meant to ask you: how do you now assess your early mystical experience. Ah, I still get that stunned feeling that hits you in your gut and that sense of wonder about just...how? How there can be two worlds when I only usually see one, and what I always get with mystical stuff - meditation or drug inspired - why is it so profound. Why the god feeling or sense of impending ultimate wisdom? I think I've already explained it, kind of, the general idea anyway. But it's still cool to be in possession of a head that does stuff like that even though I'd bet money on it being a mental synapse dysfunction of some sort. Either that or I'm the new messiah. On Monday, April 14, 2014 10:02 AM, salyavin808 <no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
