[AdvaitaToZen] Pure language & Grandma's Brain Cell

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In a message dated 6/21/05 7:26:39 PM, insight writes:

 

 

> The Karmic Text - A Buddhist Reading of Jacques

> Derrida and Paul de Man Reading Walter Benjamin's

> 'The Task of the Translator'.

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> http://www.utpjournals.com/product/utq/663/663_humphries.html

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> Quite delightful.

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> Joyce

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Neurologists working with epileptic subjects

suffering from bad seizures that do not

respond to medication, implanted electrodes

in those subject's brains to study and try to control

with electricity such seizures. Some patients

volunteered to participate in a study of matching

individuals brain cells to brain function.

 

When a patient was shown a picture of his grandmother,

one particular cell fired up. This cell didn't respond to

any other face. Another cell responded only when the

subject face was seen. It was named the narcissistic cell.

This has lead neurosurgeons to speculate that maybe

every object we know has its dedicated brain cell.

 

We could further conclude each bit of knowledge we know,

each word, has it own cell, or number of cells, which responds

when stroke by stimuli, just as piano keys do to pressure.

The next questions could be, who plays the piano in our brain?

Is it a piano, or pionola? Who writes the songs? Is

there a cosmic composer, or just pure improvisation by that

great maestro called chance?

 

Pete

 

 

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Hi Pete,

 

It is not a cosmic composer writing the song of our life. No, it is

Mickey Mouse sitting in our braina pulling the strings

 

Werner

 

 

Nisargadatta , Pedsie2@a... wrote:

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> In a message dated 6/21/05 7:26:39 PM, insight@s... writes:

>

>

> > The Karmic Text - A Buddhist Reading of Jacques

> > Derrida and Paul de Man Reading Walter Benjamin's

> > 'The Task of the Translator'.

> >

> > http://www.utpjournals.com/product/utq/663/663_humphries.html

> >

> >

> >

> > Quite delightful.

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> > Joyce

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> Neurologists working with epileptic subjects

> suffering from bad seizures that do not

> respond to medication, implanted electrodes

> in those subject's brains to study and try to control

> with electricity such seizures. Some patients

> volunteered to participate in a study of matching

> individuals brain cells to brain function.

>

> When a patient was shown a picture of his grandmother,

> one particular cell fired up. This cell didn't respond to

> any other face. Another cell responded only when the

> subject face was seen. It was named the narcissistic cell.

> This has lead neurosurgeons to speculate that maybe

> every object we know has its dedicated brain cell.

>

> We could further conclude each bit of knowledge we know,

> each word, has it own cell, or number of cells, which responds

> when stroke by stimuli, just as piano keys do to pressure.

> The next questions could be, who plays the piano in our brain?

> Is it a piano, or pionola? Who writes the songs? Is

> there a cosmic composer, or just pure improvisation by that

> great maestro called chance?

>

> Pete

>

>

> >

> >

>

>

>

>

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Nisargadatta , " Werner Woehr " <wwoehr@p...>

wrote:

> Hi Pete,

>

> It is not a cosmic composer writing the song of our life. No, it is

> Mickey Mouse sitting in our braina pulling the strings

>

 

Hi Werner,

 

No, it is no Mickey Mouse sitting in our brains pulling the strings,

but rather his elder brother, " Goofy.