Sunrises and sunsets are still magic to me...
And I do not have to worry. For each thing that is shoved into the closet of
the known opens a whole new universe to explore...
Marie
Lena Rotenberg wrote:
> Robin wrote,
>
> >My point was about the "mind/body problem": seems to me,
> >quite genuinely, if anything is magic(k)al, then mind/
> >body interaction is.
>
> Perhaps, but in the past sunrises were considered magic(k)al as well.
> Brain and medical studies have been connecting both concepts. But we still
> don't know what, exactly, is responsible for self-consciousness. (Or I
> think we don't, according to my last foray into the science of this stuff.)
>
> >I don't! But for those that do, they have to explain
> >the interaction. And the rest of us have to explain
> >how come there seem to be minds and bodies, if we say
> >there ain't. Which is where it really gets interesting,
> >for me. "It's just an illusion" is not an explanation.
> >But what is?
>
> Let's not forget that 'mind' was a concept invented by philosophers far
> before any brain studies had been conducted. The said 'illusion' could
> have been caused by plain scientific ignorance....
>
> >That's OK -- it was a good question! :-)
>
> Thanks for your answers!
>
> >Robin (the wannabe non-dualist)
>
> lena (another wannabe)
>
> -
> Lena Rotenberg
> lenar@hermesnet.net
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