Guest guest Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 FASHION & STYLE | May 25, 2008 A Superhighway to Bliss <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/25/fashion/25brain.html?ex=1212811200 & en\ =0131a6bc3c4f3465 & ei=5070 & emc=eta1> By LESLIE KAUFMAN Jill Bolte Taylor's message, that people can choose to live a more peaceful, spiritual life by sidestepping their left brain, has resonated widely. One things this confirms is what I had earlier read about the brain - that the ego is NOT inherent, but rather has to be 'created' by a special structure in the brain. If it were inherent, it would not need some structure to generate it. Om Arunachala, Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 31, 2008 Report Share Posted May 31, 2008 , " Richard Clarke " <richard wrote: > > One things this confirms is what I had earlier read about the brain - > that the ego is NOT inherent, but rather has to be 'created' by a > special structure in the brain. If it were inherent, it would not need > some structure to generate it. Dear Richard: From another angle, the brain doesn't create any structure called " ego " , since the brain itself is also an object " within " consciousness, and therefore, according to Bhagavan, illusory in nature, as any part of our so-called bodies. What I mean is that Ego, again according to Bhagavan, is Mind (the reflection of Consciousness) identified with the bodyMindIntellect, and not a creation of the brain (if it was, it would amount to say that Consciousness also is a function of the brain, that goes at odds with what Advaita Vedanta and hence Bhagavan had been teaching all along). I'm just taking a slight different point of view, that's all. Science and neuroscientists, maybe, will think differently. Yours in Bhagavan, Mouna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 Dear Mouna, I certainly understand what you are saying. The absolute Truth is that there is no 'within.' There is only the Self. There is no ego, since the ego is merely an assumption that is superimposed on the formless Self. The ego is none but Self, the substratum. Om Arunachala, Richard , " upadesa " <maunna wrote: > > , " Richard Clarke " <richard@> > wrote: > > > > One things this confirms is what I had earlier read about the brain - > > that the ego is NOT inherent, but rather has to be 'created' by a > > special structure in the brain. If it were inherent, it would not need > > some structure to generate it. > > Dear Richard: > From another angle, the brain doesn't create any structure called > " ego " , since the brain itself is also an object " within " > consciousness, and therefore, according to Bhagavan, illusory in > nature, as any part of our so-called bodies. > What I mean is that Ego, again according to Bhagavan, is Mind (the > reflection of Consciousness) identified with the bodyMindIntellect, > and not a creation of the brain (if it was, it would amount to say > that Consciousness also is a function of the brain, that goes at odds > with what Advaita Vedanta and hence Bhagavan had been teaching all along). > I'm just taking a slight different point of view, that's all. > Science and neuroscientists, maybe, will think differently. > > Yours in Bhagavan, > Mouna > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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