Guest guest Posted June 10, 1999 Report Share Posted June 10, 1999 On Thu, 10 Jun 1999 10:51:31 Greg Goode wrote: >Douglass Harding once wrote that ALL our experiences are OBE's. Just look >at your hand. Are you looking from the inside out or the outside in? If >the latter, then it's an OBE! Nice change of perspective. Wobbles my fixed thought processes and habits a little, but only very little. I don't know what Harding does, but I certainly see the image of the hand in my optic tectum in the brain projected there via the retina and the photons hitting them in the eyes. Thus, I am not outside looking at somehting, but rather inside looking at something which is inside too. In fact, I'm not even looking at something, but thinking at something. Best regards, Amanda. Angelfire for your free web-based e-mail. http://www.angelfire.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 10, 1999 Report Share Posted June 10, 1999 At 12:37 PM 6/10/99 -0700, Amanda Erhart wrote: >On Thu, 10 Jun 1999 10:51:31 Greg Goode wrote: > >>Douglass Harding once wrote that ALL our experiences are OBE's. Just look >>at your hand. Are you looking from the inside out or the outside in? If >>the latter, then it's an OBE! Amanda wrote: > >Nice change of perspective. > >Wobbles my fixed thought processes and habits a >little, but only very little. > >I don't know what Harding does, but I certainly >see the image of the hand in my optic >tectum in the brain projected there via the retina and >the photons hitting them in the eyes. Do you really? Aren't all these things, such as the optic tectum and the brain and the retina and the eye and the photons -- aren't they all THEMSELVES just objects of perception or thought? If they are seen, then how can they see? The seeing isn't experienced as coming from them or from within them, is it? BTW, Harding is a non-dualism teacher who teaches through perceptual exercises. You might have seen his best known book, ON HAVING NO HEAD. Amanda wrote: >Thus, I am not outside looking at something, but rather inside looking >at something which is inside too. In fact, I'm not even looking at something, but thinking at something. What about YOU is inside the body? And even the hand -- is even the hand inside the body? If you are a just a body part, such as the eye, etc., then you might say that you are inside the body. But let's say you are something non-physical... Then there's no way you can be inside anything. Regards, --Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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