What produces consciousness?
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Re: What produces consciousness?
Unfortunately I didn't mention perhaps the key element into what happens to consciousness at conception. Through the genes of DNA there is a connection to the experiences, and so perhaps also the experiencing or consciousness, of all the ancestors that had that gene. Now a drama for the body is also a drama for consciousness, so that extreme pain will cause a block in consciousness, as well as physical repression in the brain and epigenetic changes. There is then an enormous amount of blockage that needs to be cleared, in the form of all those ancestral traumatic experiences which we are connected to via our DNA.
And so again I say that the ancient catastrophes that EU indicates, are so important to consider. Because through understanding what happened allows access to the blockages. And by clearing the blockages in consciousness allows the experiencing of the greater consciousness. Also bodily electric currents increase as the physical epigenetic changes are neutralised. This is kundalini.
So we can find out what produces consciousness by clearing the blockages in consciousness.
Mo
And so again I say that the ancient catastrophes that EU indicates, are so important to consider. Because through understanding what happened allows access to the blockages. And by clearing the blockages in consciousness allows the experiencing of the greater consciousness. Also bodily electric currents increase as the physical epigenetic changes are neutralised. This is kundalini.
So we can find out what produces consciousness by clearing the blockages in consciousness.
Mo
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Re: What produces consciousness?
1) Consider the source (a ratings hungry television program, from ABC specifically; as if it matters)GaryN wrote:Soul Survivor - Reincarnated World War II pilot?
Certainly seems genuine, and is not the first claim of this type, but perhaps the most detailed examination of such.
There are other reviews of this case, but here is an ABC TV video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72oCyrbgN_I
2) Why media publicity for such a personal, private matter as a past life? $$$, possibly? A certain case of $ signs and a "Balloon Boy" in Denver, CO, comes to mind. Maybe not as blatant a craving for publicity and cash, but who knows what's going on behind the scenes?
3) http://skeptico.blogs.com/skeptico/2005 ... ion_a.html, for at least one alternate perspective
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Re: What produces consciousness?
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The past, whether ancient or not; whether drama-filled and catastrophic, whether glorious, or whether of the rather mundane, peaceful type is DEAD and gone. Let it go, say I. It's that simple. Not very exotic or entertaining or lucrative, maybe. But very liberating, imo and experience. Anything else, besides truly honoring the past by simply letting go of it (digging into the specifics and the [over] analyzing of it NOT required), to me borders on an unwholesome, morbid curiosity if not obsession. Been there, done that. No more, thank you.
The present moment is sufficient unto itself, is entirely whole, and lacks nothing -- if it is only recognized, allowed, and accepted.
The past, whether ancient or not; whether drama-filled and catastrophic, whether glorious, or whether of the rather mundane, peaceful type is DEAD and gone. Let it go, say I. It's that simple. Not very exotic or entertaining or lucrative, maybe. But very liberating, imo and experience. Anything else, besides truly honoring the past by simply letting go of it (digging into the specifics and the [over] analyzing of it NOT required), to me borders on an unwholesome, morbid curiosity if not obsession. Been there, done that. No more, thank you.
The present moment is sufficient unto itself, is entirely whole, and lacks nothing -- if it is only recognized, allowed, and accepted.
</soapbox>Alan Watts wrote:
Yesterday doesn't exist, tomorrow never comes. There is only today.
There is something beyond our mind which abides in silence within our mind. It is the supreme mystery beyond thought. Let one's mind and one's subtle body rest upon that and not rest on anything else. [---][/---] Maitri Upanishad
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Re: What produces consciousness?
Alan Watts wrote:
Yesterday doesn't exist, tomorrow never comes. There is only today
Tomorrow Comes A Day Too Soon - Flogging Molly
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The great Way is simple
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The great Way is simple
but people delight in complexity.
Tao Te Ching, 53.
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Re: What produces consciousness?
The "now" is a play presented to our consciousness by the rest of our body -- Ab Dijksterhuis
First, God decided he was lonely. Then it got out of hand. Now we have this mess called life...
The past is out of date. Start living your future. Align with your dreams. Now execute.
The past is out of date. Start living your future. Align with your dreams. Now execute.
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Re: What produces consciousness?
Hi Steven,StevenO wrote:The "now" is a play presented to our consciousness by the rest of our body -- Ab Dijksterhuis
Rubbish. Your body is a play presented by your consciousness.
And your sig is wrong too. The past belongs to life and the future to death.
If I have the least bit of knowledge
I will follow the great Way alone
and fear nothing but being sidetracked.
The great Way is simple
but people delight in complexity.
Tao Te Ching, 53.
I will follow the great Way alone
and fear nothing but being sidetracked.
The great Way is simple
but people delight in complexity.
Tao Te Ching, 53.
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Re: What produces consciousness?
Whoa - parry and thrust. . . and thrust again! Bwah-ha-ha-ha-a-a-a!Grey Cloud wrote:Hi Steven,StevenO wrote:The "now" is a play presented to our consciousness by the rest of our body -- Ab Dijksterhuis
Rubbish. Your body is a play presented by your consciousness.
And your sig is wrong too. The past belongs to life and the future to death.
It's all about perception.
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Re: What produces consciousness?
As usual you have everything backwards Must be your age starting to show... Did'nt you learn that everything is relative since 1905?Grey Cloud wrote:Hi Steven,StevenO wrote:The "now" is a play presented to our consciousness by the rest of our body -- Ab Dijksterhuis
Rubbish. Your body is a play presented by your consciousness.
And your sig is wrong too. The past belongs to life and the future to death.
First, God decided he was lonely. Then it got out of hand. Now we have this mess called life...
The past is out of date. Start living your future. Align with your dreams. Now execute.
The past is out of date. Start living your future. Align with your dreams. Now execute.
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Re: What produces consciousness?
As far as I am concerned the world's had it backwards since Aristotle, never mind Einstein.StevenO wrote:As usual you have everything backwards Must be your age starting to show... Did'nt you learn that everything is relative since 1905?Grey Cloud wrote:Hi Steven,StevenO wrote:The "now" is a play presented to our consciousness by the rest of our body -- Ab Dijksterhuis
Rubbish. Your body is a play presented by your consciousness.
And your sig is wrong too. The past belongs to life and the future to death.
If I have the least bit of knowledge
I will follow the great Way alone
and fear nothing but being sidetracked.
The great Way is simple
but people delight in complexity.
Tao Te Ching, 53.
I will follow the great Way alone
and fear nothing but being sidetracked.
The great Way is simple
but people delight in complexity.
Tao Te Ching, 53.
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Re: What produces consciousness?
It does, indeed, take two to fully tango.StevenJay wrote:Whoa - parry and thrust. . . and thrust again! Bwah-ha-ha-ha-a-a-a!Grey Cloud wrote:Hi Steven,StevenO wrote:The "now" is a play presented to our consciousness by the rest of our body -- Ab Dijksterhuis
Rubbish. Your body is a play presented by your consciousness.
And your sig is wrong too. The past belongs to life and the future to death.
Both viewpoints are, incredibly or not, vicey-versey; not one-or-the-other.
There is something beyond our mind which abides in silence within our mind. It is the supreme mystery beyond thought. Let one's mind and one's subtle body rest upon that and not rest on anything else. [---][/---] Maitri Upanishad
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Re: What produces consciousness?
If the past is what the present was and the future is the present to be, the present seems to be between the future and the past.
But when the past is not and the future is not, where is the present supposed to be?
There is no future, there is no past, there is no present.
But when the past is not and the future is not, where is the present supposed to be?
There is no future, there is no past, there is no present.
The illusion from which we are seeking to extricate ourselves is not that constituted by the realm of space and time, but that which comes from failing to know that realm from the standpoint of a higher vision. -L.H.
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Re: What produces consciousness?
Guess that's that, then.StefanR wrote:There is no future, there is no past, there is no present.
There is something beyond our mind which abides in silence within our mind. It is the supreme mystery beyond thought. Let one's mind and one's subtle body rest upon that and not rest on anything else. [---][/---] Maitri Upanishad
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Re: What produces consciousness?
For now at least.arc-us wrote:Guess that's that, then.StefanR wrote:There is no future, there is no past, there is no present.
If I have the least bit of knowledge
I will follow the great Way alone
and fear nothing but being sidetracked.
The great Way is simple
but people delight in complexity.
Tao Te Ching, 53.
I will follow the great Way alone
and fear nothing but being sidetracked.
The great Way is simple
but people delight in complexity.
Tao Te Ching, 53.
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Re: What produces consciousness?
Ah, somebody thoroughly confused We are doing great thenStefanR wrote:If the past is what the present was and the future is the present to be, the present seems to be between the future and the past.
But when the past is not and the future is not, where is the present supposed to be?
There is no future, there is no past, there is no present.
Let me try to explain it: the now is the world presented to you at lightspeed since that is the smallest timescale we can use in this universe. But timescales are relative, just like viewpoints. So depending on the viewpoint you could well be considered immortal. Time to slow down...
First, God decided he was lonely. Then it got out of hand. Now we have this mess called life...
The past is out of date. Start living your future. Align with your dreams. Now execute.
The past is out of date. Start living your future. Align with your dreams. Now execute.
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Re: What produces consciousness?
Au contraire, Blackadder! The now is the world as perceived by you at lightspeed since that is the best your visual sense can do*.StevenO wrote:Ah, somebody thoroughly confused We are doing great thenStefanR wrote:If the past is what the present was and the future is the present to be, the present seems to be between the future and the past.
But when the past is not and the future is not, where is the present supposed to be?
There is no future, there is no past, there is no present.
Let me try to explain it: the now is the world presented to you at lightspeed since that is the smallest timescale we can use in this universe. But timescales are relative, just like viewpoints. So depending on the viewpoint you could well be considered immortal. Time to slow down
Darkness has no need for speed because it doesn't go from or to anywhere; it just is.
Similarly with sound and silence.
* This only applies if one accepts the scientific explanation of how light and vision works.
If I have the least bit of knowledge
I will follow the great Way alone
and fear nothing but being sidetracked.
The great Way is simple
but people delight in complexity.
Tao Te Ching, 53.
I will follow the great Way alone
and fear nothing but being sidetracked.
The great Way is simple
but people delight in complexity.
Tao Te Ching, 53.
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