Guest guest Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Nisargadatta , " Anna Ruiz " <nli10u@c...> wrote: > > > - > anders_lindman > Nisargadatta > Wednesday, October 26, 2005 4:45 AM > [NonDualPhil] Re: Questioning Consciousness/Anders > > > Nisargadatta , " Werner Woehr " <wwoehr@p...> wrote: > > > > Anders, > > > > You were asking the wrong question, thats why I wrote 'WHAT' in upper > > case that you might realize it. > > > > If you would have asked how the brain manages that this > > consciousness=content works and appears as objects, sounds, tastes, > > smells and all those sensations then my answer would have been that I > > don't know. > > > > But to ask WHAT consciousness is you always get my standard reply: It > > does not exist, it exists only as its contents. > > > > Werner > > > > > But that is a controversial view. Most people (I assume) would say > that there is consciousness as a sort of " field " , that it is more than > its content. Just like a water molecule is more than just the atoms in > it. We can say that the water molecule is just its atoms, but then we > omit the functionality that makes it a water molecule. " The whole is > more than its parts " > > al > > > Good morning Al > > The sum of its parts also makes it whole. > > Or whole-ness is seeing all the parts and how it relates. > Ones > who have seen this have been > considered 'holy' One's. > > A universe in side One Being, > who is Being One UnIverse. > > Whole, holy. > > Love, > Ana > Good morning Ana, Yes, the relational aspect between parts is important, or, rather, without the interconnectedness of all 'things' there would be no things to experience. al. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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