Guest guest Posted July 26, 2003 Report Share Posted July 26, 2003 Namaste, I was going through some consciousness research topics done by some scientists. It was mentioned in one of the research a very interesting experiment. Different people were asked to sit in a place and view some images. Their reactions were measured as they see the pictures. They found that the mind actually reacts 'before' the actual pictures came into view!! Looks like the mind sees things even before it has actually seen things. The time gap was in fractions of seconds. But the gap was there. It was mentioned that the mind might be constructing the image before it sees things and when the thing actually comes into focus, it only compares the two images. Best Regards Guruprasad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2003 Report Share Posted July 26, 2003 advaitin, "v_vedanti" <v_vedanti> wrote: > Namaste, > I was going through some consciousness research topics done by some > scientists. It was mentioned in one of the research a very > interesting experiment. > Different people were asked to sit in a place and view some images. > Their reactions were measured as they see the pictures. They found > that the mind actually reacts 'before' the actual pictures came into > view!! Looks like the mind sees things even before it has actually > seen things. The time gap was in fractions of seconds. But the gap > was there. It was mentioned that the mind might be constructing the > image before it sees things and when the thing actually comes into > focus, it only compares the two images. > > > Best Regards > Guruprasad Namaste, Nothing new!!IMO. The mind sees in the brain/mind but the mind actually goes out and takes the form of the object before it sees it in the brain. Check out the Sutras of Patanjali on this.......ONS...Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2003 Report Share Posted July 26, 2003 --- v_vedanti <v_vedanti wrote: They found > that the mind actually reacts 'before' the actual pictures came into > view!! Looks like the mind sees things even before it has actually > seen things. The time gap was in fractions of seconds. But the gap > was there. It was mentioned that the mind might be constructing the > image before it sees things and when the thing actually comes into > focus, it only compares the two images. > > > Best Regards > Guruprasad Shree Guruprasad According to Nyaaa as well as Advaita Vedanta -the perception is considered involving two stages - nirvikalpa and savikalpa stages. The immediate perception is called vastu j~naana - there 'there is' an object out there - A child may see it too. That is the essentially involves the perception of the substantive - of vastu - -is-ness or this ness - that is the existence aspect of it which is considered by advaita as the very substantive of all objects. This stage is called nir-vikalpa state of the perception of the objects, since the attributes that differentiates one object from the other such as pot-ness of the pot or cow-ness of the cow is not perceived yet. Only subsequently there is superimposition on the mental image of the object the attributes picked up by the senses. This is called savikalpa stage. Not all Vedantins agree for this - they do, however, for the nirvikalpa and savikalpa stages. VishishhTaadviata for example explains that the first time perception of the object - individual object like that particular cow, vyakti is nirvikalpa stage since in the first time perception of a cow the generic quality of the cow that makes a cow different from say a horse is not noticed. Seeing second and third time a cow will establishes that a generic quality - cow-ness- that is different from horse-ness of the horse. This is called jaati. The first stage is termed nirvikalpa and the second stage is termed savikalpa stages. Two-stage perception of an object is recognized but may and may not be identical with the above experimental observations. Hari OM1 Sadananda ===== What you have is His gift to you and what you do with what you have is your gift to Him - Swami Chinmayananda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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