[AdvaitaToZen] the great desire

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Nisargadatta , Pete S <pedsie5 wrote:

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> On Apr 3, 2006, at 2:48 PM, clydegrossman wrote:

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> > AdvaitaToZen , Pete S <pedsie5@> wrote:

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> > >  clyde:  Pete, do you really believe that " neuron connections "

is

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> > >  answer, that they have some fundamental reality (whatever

that may

> > >  be)?

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> > P: I don't know about " fundamental reality, " but they seem to

work.

> > I saw a young lady on the news the other day who left a large

> > chunk of her brain in Iraq due to Mr. Bush illusions as worldwide

> > cop. Well, a few months ago she could not walk, or talk, and now

> > she can because what was left of her brain rewired itself to

pick up

> > those tasks. it's been verified by Catscans , also,  that

meditators

> >    show more activity in the left parietal lobe than non-

meditators.

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> > clyde:  I agree, but my questions are:  What are neuron

connections

> > composed of and what is that composed of, all the way down – or

are

> > neuron connections merely another name for another appearance?

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> P; Good question! They are made of matter, gross, slimy

> matter! What is that, you ask? Well, let's go down the

> elevator shaft. Next floor is, protein; next, atoms; next,

> subatomic particles; next, quarks.

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> Voila! We reached the first floor. Up to now, we have been

> able to see these bits of matter with electronic microscopes,

> or as flashes and trajectories in the screens of particle

> accelerators and atom smashers.

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> But wait! there is a dark ghostly basement below.

> A basement in which no thing can be seen, except, as

> mathematical consequences. Such things as space/time

> foam and vacuum fields, such as the Higgs field, which

> gives mass, but has none are thought to be there.

> But, what stir such foam, can you name the spoon? Never

> mind, names are not needed.

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> It's all an scaffolding of consequences all the way down.

> Some consequences are very practical like being bipolar,

> and getting help from Prozac, others are very ghostly, just

> mathematical consequences dancing around an equal sign.

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> Thanks for asking, I had fun with that.

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> Yep, " its turtles all they way down! " . So the Prosac's helping then

Pete? :-)

..bob

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