[AdvaitaToZen] the great desire

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On Apr 3, 2006, at 2:48 PM, clydegrossman wrote:

 

> AdvaitaToZen , Pete S <pedsie5 wrote:

>

> >  clyde:  Pete, do you really believe that " neuron connections " is

> the

> >  answer, that they have some fundamental reality (whatever that may

> >  be)?

> >

>

> P: I don't know about " fundamental reality, " but they seem to work.

> I saw a young lady on the news the other day who left a large

> chunk of her brain in Iraq due to Mr. Bush illusions as worldwide

> cop. Well, a few months ago she could not walk, or talk, and now

> she can because what was left of her brain rewired itself to pick up

> those tasks. it's been verified by Catscans , also,  that meditators

>    show more activity in the left parietal lobe than non- meditators.

>

>

> clyde:  I agree, but my questions are:  What are neuron connections

> composed of and what is that composed of, all the way down – or are

> neuron connections merely another name for another appearance?

 

P; Good question! They are made of matter, gross, slimy

matter! What is that, you ask? Well, let's go down the

elevator shaft. Next floor is, protein; next, atoms; next,

subatomic particles; next, quarks.

 

Voila! We reached the first floor. Up to now, we have been

able to see these bits of matter with electronic microscopes,

or as flashes and trajectories in the screens of particle

accelerators and atom smashers.

 

But wait! there is a dark ghostly basement below.

A basement in which no thing can be seen, except, as

mathematical consequences. Such things as space/time

foam and vacuum fields, such as the Higgs field, which

gives mass, but has none are thought to be there.

But, what stir such foam, can you name the spoon? Never

mind, names are not needed.

 

It's all an scaffolding of consequences all the way down.

Some consequences are very practical like being bipolar,

and getting help from Prozac, others are very ghostly, just

mathematical consequences dancing around an equal sign.

 

Thanks for asking, I had fun with that.