hey hey...mike...careful...haste in judgement is not the zen way...merle Edgar,
Way too intellectual! But then again, experiential wisdom ain't your thing.. Mike Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPhone ________________________________ From: Edgar Owen <[email protected]>; To: <[email protected]>; Subject: [Zen] News: The great illusion of the self Sent: Tue, Feb 26, 2013 12:49:28 AM Some of what I've been trying to explain but probably too intellectual for you guys. Edgar > > > >The great illusion of the self > >(Image: Darren Hopes) > >As you wake up each morning, hazy and disoriented, you gradually become aware of the rustling of the sheets, sense their texture and squint at the light. One aspect of your self has reassembled: the first-person observer of reality, inhabiting a human body. > >As wakefulness grows, so does your sense of having a past, a personality and motivations. Your self is complete, as both witness of the world and bearer of your consciousness and identity. You. > >This intuitive sense of self is an effortless and fundamental human experience. But it is nothing more than an elaborate illusion. Under scrutiny, many common-sense beliefs about selfhood begin to unravel. Some thinkers even go as far as claiming that there is no such thing as the self. > >In these articles, discover why "you" aren’t the person you thought you were. >WHAT ARE YOU? >The one and only you > >There are flaws in our intuitive beliefs about what makes us who we are. Who are we really, asks philosopher Jan Westerhoff >Read more >WHEN ARE YOU? >You think you live in the present? > >Our brains create our own version of reality to help us make sense of things. But this means we're living outside time, says Jan Westerhoff >Read more >WHERE ARE YOU? >Trick yourself into an outer-body experience > >Your mind isn't as firmly anchored in your body as you think, says Anil Ananthaswamy. Time for some sleight of hand >Read more >WHY ARE YOU? >Why are you like you are? > >You're so vain, you probably think your self is about you, says Michael Bond. The truth is slightly more complicated >Read more >PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS >When the self breaks > >That seamless sense of who you are can be disturbed by many things, including illness, injury or drugs, explain Anil Ananthaswamy and Graham Lawton >Read more >THE END? >What are we to do? > >Our perception of our self might be an illusion, like free will, says Richard >Fisher. But that doesn't mean we can't learn from it >Read >Source: News Scientist >http://www.newscientist.com/special/self?cmpid=NLC|NSNS|2013-2502-GLOBAL|specialself&utm_medium=NLC&utm_source=NSNS&utm_content=specialself
