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mia

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5. A beautiful passage.

Reply to Jim__ (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 8, 2019, 08:48 AM

Feb 2019

I haven't read the book, but would like to after reading this. Thank you.

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Is God all in our heads--a product of brain chemistry? [View all] mia Feb 2019 OP

CD Player. Snackshack Feb 2019 #1

Pink Floyd already explained it.... 3Hotdogs Feb 2019 #2

All the Light We Cannot See. Jim__ Feb 2019 #3

A beautiful passage. mia Feb 2019 #5

Anthems in the hedges Cartoonist Feb 2019 #9

Basically, 'Yes', nothing but a mere human construct... NeoGreen Feb 2019 #4

The only real evidence we have points it being a mental construct. trotsky Feb 2019 #6

Fantasy Pretending to be Science MineralMan Feb 2019 #7

this is edhopper Feb 2019 #8

So monks don't know where they are for awhile? Bretton Garcia Feb 2019 #10

You know, the more I read this the more insulting it gets. trotsky Feb 2019 #11

I have defective eyes that can't see without glasses marylandblue Feb 2019 #12

Then it would appear that whatever entity is responsible for the defective antennas in some of us... trotsky Feb 2019 #13

Loki isn't all bad. Pandoris Feb 2019 #14

"Lovely as a mare" Act_of_Reparation Feb 2019 #15

Funny :) Pandoris Feb 2019 #16

Sure, it's an asshole sometimes, it's a Zoroastrian conceit that it's perfect marylandblue Feb 2019 #18

If it is originating from outside your brain Voltaire2 Feb 2019 #22

Yes, when it gets into your brain. marylandblue Feb 2019 #30

Why is experiencing being nowhere, the ultimate experience! Bretton Garcia Feb 2019 #17

Because it feels great, you escape your little body marylandblue Feb 2019 #19

You escape your life Bretton Garcia Feb 2019 #20

That is the nature of thoughts. Pandoris Feb 2019 #24

It's not what you think. Don't knock it until you try it. marylandblue Feb 2019 #26

Ok but that is not some mystery broadcast Voltaire2 Feb 2019 #21

Might not even be divine Bretton Garcia Feb 2019 #23

You are not giving anything up, you are simply having an experience. marylandblue Feb 2019 #27

It often becomes partly permanent Bretton Garcia Feb 2019 #32

I suspect a lot of those people were already not quite there marylandblue Feb 2019 #35

You are probably right, but that is not how it feels. marylandblue Feb 2019 #25

If that was intended to be funny it was lol. Voltaire2 Feb 2019 #28

It was not intended to be funny. marylandblue Feb 2019 #29

Sure. The qualia of experience is unique Voltaire2 Feb 2019 #31

Some TM or Transcendental Meditation teachers Bretton Garcia Feb 2019 #33

sure one can also substitute "transcendent" or "sublime" Voltaire2 Feb 2019 #34

He didn't mention anything about extra dimensional divine forces. marylandblue Feb 2019 #36

Um yes the article did. Voltaire2 Feb 2019 #37

Ok, missed that sentence, but he still says "I don't know" marylandblue Feb 2019 #38

But we're allowed a secular reading. Bretton Garcia Feb 2019 #39

Yes, of course you can read it like that. marylandblue Feb 2019 #42

Sure, and doing so elevated utter nonsense Voltaire2 Feb 2019 #40

Founding our lives on Nothing ... Bretton Garcia Feb 2019 #41

I think that's best foundation, because it gives you total freedom. marylandblue Feb 2019 #43