Guest guest Posted February 12, 2000 Report Share Posted February 12, 2000 Dear Tim, > Just to throw in my two cents... there are no such things as " states " (one > state vs. another state). The mind creates the idea of states (yet another > " boundary " idea, all of which are false). The mind creates all ideas, and many ideas imply boundaries which don't exist. But I think that if you conclude from this that such ideas are " false, " you are throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Ideas are approximations of reality -- tools for thinking about reality. They are imperfect tools. They don't capture the fullness of reality, and they introduce distortions. This is inevitable with all ideas. One of the characteristics of ideas is that they chop up the reality they attempt to describe into pieces with boundaries. That's just how they work. > Thus, the sentence " a state with > plenty of mental activity " is sort of a verbal absurdity, as mental > activity generates the idea of states. Given that, how could " a state > contain mental activity? " :-) Perhaps the statement can be seen to be meaningful by considering its contrary. Imagine pointing to the head of a corpse and saying, " This brain is in a state without mental activity. " Love, Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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