Greatest myth of all

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Hi Guys,

 

Another interesting article in the November 18 New Scientists issue is

an article with the title of the subject line. When interested, I'll

post the entire article as soon as it's transferred to the archive.

 

A little appetizer, the end of the article:

Perhaps we all should recognize that "me" is, at best, a partial and

often biased "larger me" in our unconscious. We should not deceive

ourselves by believing that the "me" each one of us is conscious of

has any significant influence over our actions and experiences. In

many respects this "me" only operates as a monitor or recorder of

events which occur elsewhere in the unconscious parts of our minds.

 

Perhaps by now you have begun to think of yourself differently, to

realize that "you" are not really in control. Nevertheless, it will

be virtually impossible to let go off the myth that self and free

will are integral functions of consciousness. The myth is something

we are so strongly adapted to maintain, and almost impossible to

escape from. Maybe that's not so surprising, because, after all, "we"

are part of the illusion.

I'll toast to that )

Jan

 

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