Guest guest Posted July 9, 1999 Report Share Posted July 9, 1999 At 02:16 PM 7/9/99 -0400, you wrote: >David Bozzi <david.bozzi >Well you know the difference between apples and oranges... > ...and that requires ego. My computer also knows the difference between apples and oranges, if the difference is programmed into it. Would you say computers can have an ego? Knowing differences does not involve ego, it involves memory... logic... RAM storage. None of these are ego. Ego is the "me." This computer could never know itself as a "me," could never desire anything nor cling to anything, cannot have a sense of "mine." *That* is ego. Hari OM, Tim ----- Visit The Core of the WWW at: http://www.eskimo.com/~fewtch/ND/index.html Music, Poetry, Writings on Nondual Spiritual Topics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 1999 Report Share Posted July 9, 1999 Bruce Morgen wrote: > On Fri, 09 Jul 1999 16:36:27 -0400 David Bozzi <david.bozzi > writes: > > David Bozzi <david.bozzi > > > > David Bozzi wrote: > > > > > Do spirits have personalities? > > > Are there personalities that exist without an organic body? > > > > > > --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor > > ---------------------------- > > > > > > ONElist: your connection to like-minds and kindred spirits. > > > > > > > > > ------ > > > > When I saw the 'ONElist' trailer for that one I had to laugh... > > : ) > > > > > > --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor > > ---------------------------- > > > > Attention ONElist list owners. > > > > We've just added a "NO ATTACHMENTS" option. See homepage for > > details. > > > > > ------ > ^ > Yeah, but the one I just | > got beats 'em all! :-) | > | These trailers beat the pants off my Ouija board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 1999 Report Share Posted July 9, 1999 Tim Gerchmez wrote: > >David Bozzi <david.bozzi > > >Well you know the difference between apples and oranges... > > ...and that requires ego. > > My computer also knows the difference between apples and oranges, Does it really 'know' anything? If so, than it does have ego... > if the > difference is programmed into it. Would you say computers can have an ego? > > Knowing differences does not involve ego, it involves memory... logic... > RAM storage. None of these are ego. Ego is the "me." This computer could > never know itself as a "me," could never desire anything nor cling to > anything, cannot have a sense of "mine." *That* is ego. But as you suggest it can 'know'... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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