Re: Mind's Eye New Google Groups is Dumb,but this not the subject

And where's the heart , Molly ? is it somewhere outside this body ?

On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 12:55 AM, Molly <mollyb363@gmail.com> wrote:
> The heart also responds to all the things you mention.  Our physical
> organs and systems all respond to thoughts, feelings and awareness.
> The heartmath institute has done quite a bit of research in this
> regard.  Our being (includes physical and all aspects) and experience
> are in dynamic relationship.  The become one in paradox.
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> On Jun 24, 11:22 am, RP Singh <123...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> It is the brain which is essential for experiencing all feelings ,
>> thoughts , and states of awareness. Whatever is experienced has
>> physical basis because without the physical organs, whether it be
>> brain or sense organs , no experience is possible. God abides in
>> matter and guides it by well established laws.
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>> On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 5:28 AM, Molly <mollyb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > brain worship is prevalent, but science can't measure mind, or the
>> > effect of thought on experience.  Science can measure brain function
>> > as neuro-physical biochemisty, but not the complexity of thought and
>> > what it means to overall health.  There is a state in sleep and
>> > waking, where thought is not required, and indeed, awareness is
>> > enhanced because of it.
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>> > On Jun 23, 2:35 pm, RP Singh <123...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Man is a physical creature , the only spiritual aspect in him is
>> >> awareness. It is the mind which thinks and mind is physical , cut a
>> >> portion of the brain and thinking will stop , cut another portion and
>> >> awareness will be reduced to such a level  as to be insignificant ,
>> >> and if you kill the brain even  awareness which is the spiritual
>> >> aspect in life will be extinguished. The fact is that Spirit pervades
>> >> throughout matter and an individuality might cease to be , yet the One
>> >> Spirit which is eternal and immortal remains unchanged.
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>> >> On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 10:27 PM, Molly <mollyb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > Mind is a non physical organ, like ego or our metaphorical heart (the
>> >> > one what contains our emotions.)  It's kind of like asking if people
>> >> > in different climates have different gall bladders because of the
>> >> > climate.  At some point in our development, because the human being is
>> >> > adaptive and resilient, it is possible to find a harmonious life with
>> >> > all systems communicating and functioning together. We call this
>> >> > optimal health.  And, at some point in our development, we may
>> >> > discover that the harmony of our being is more a reflection of our
>> >> > internal environment than external and that our lives are lived from
>> >> > inside out.  Of course, not everyone comes to this realization, and
>> >> > continue throughout their lives to look for external causes for their
>> >> > problems or discomfort. Whatever our philosophy, the quality of our
>> >> > lives can dramatically change for the better is we look within for the
>> >> > answers.  Our mind thinks.  We can live and breathe without thinking.
>> >> > Yet thinking is an important aspect of life, and one that directly
>> >> > effects the quality of our lives.
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>> >> > On Jun 23, 12:06 pm, "pol.science kid" <r.freeb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >> I wanted to find out about this Chaz guy you were talking about... so
>> >> >> i was going through some really old posts.. but couldnt go really far
>> >> >> back.. only till 2007... when was ME created? who started it? When you
>> >> >> have a look..there are sooo many topics covered..its so exiting..
>> >> >> though i thought i saw some homophobic posts... but seriously.. the
>> >> >> range is so wide.. and there were so many members actively
>> >> >> engaging ... my own old posts seemed dumb to me.. i guess they still
>> >> >> are.. But its remarkable the range of this forum..im gla i joined it..
>> >> >> one can learn a lot.... also ..do you guys think..different climate
>> >> >> zones affect the nature of people?..i mean more than the fact that
>> >> >> environment affects culture which affects to some degree human
>> >> >> nature(or at least superficial responses.).. are people in temperate
>> >> >> areas different in their mind than people from tropical sultry
>> >> >> areas...
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>> >> >> On Jun 22, 5:02 pm, rigsy03 <rigs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> >> >> > I read Barbara Ward's "The Rich Nations and the Poor Nations" in the
>> >> >> > early '60's when my curiousity led me beyond liberal arts- also
>> >> >> > Carson's "The Silent Spring", and several books on WWII. 60 years
>> >> >> > later- and where are we?
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>> >> >> > On Jun 19, 8:44 pm, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> >> >> > > My point above, I think, is that what appears very complex may have
>> >> >> > > points of simplexity where we can see the moral action.
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>> >> >> > > On Jun 20, 2:41 am, archytas <nwte...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> >> >> > > > I was attracted in to have a go at new google groups - utterly
>> >> >> > > > unspeakable.  These moral issues form the core of my new book (80%
>> >> >> > > > done).  Underlying the moral maze is the issue of frames of reference
>> >> >> > > > - most famously paradigms, though the Greeks knew.  You can usually
>> >> >> > > > make several powerful arguments about anything.  You can't really
>> >> >> > > > decide between the arguments because the root metaphors are different
>> >> >> > > > and incommensurable.  The following were examples, exhausting if not
>> >> >> > > > exhaustive:
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>> >> >> > > > PARADIGM (disciplinary matrices)        KUHN 1970; BURRELL & MORGAN 1979
>> >> >> > > > PICTURE THEORY OF MEANING       WITTGENSTEIN1922
>> >> >> > > > LANGUAGE GAMES  WITTGENSTEIN 1958
>> >> >> > > > MULTIPLE REALITIES      JAMES1911
>> >> >> > > > ALTERNATE REALITIES     CASTANEDA 1970; 1974
>> >> >> > > > LANGUAGE STRUCTURES     WHORF 1956
>> >> >> > > > PROBLEMATICS    ALTHUSSER 1969; BACHELARD 1949
>> >> >> > > > INTERNALLY CONFLICTING WORLD VIEWS      PIRSIG 1976
>> >> >> > > > WORLD HYPOTHESES        PEPPER 1942; 1966
>> >> >> > > > DREAM WORLDS (multiple frameworks)      FEYERABEND 1975
>> >> >> > > > EVALUATING THE RATIONALITIES OF SOCIAL ACTION AND ACTION SYSTEMS
>> >> >> > > > (instrumental v life-world rationalities)       HABERMAS 1984
>> >> >> > > > AN INSURRECTION OF LOCAL KNOWLEDGES IN A WEB OF POWER KNOWLEDGE
>> >> >> > > > FOUCAULT 1977; 1980
>> >> >> > > > MODAL LOGICS, RELATIVITIES      LEWIS 1926; 1929; 1946:  MOSER 1989
>> >> >> > > > SPECULATIVE PHILOSOPHY  WHITEHEAD 1969
>> >> >> > > > METAPHOR        MORGAN 1986
>> >> >> > > > TWO DIRECTIONAL TEXT AND RETRO-VISION   BURRELL 1997
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>> >> >> > > > A classic example was held to be Newton's mechanics and Einstein's
>> >> >> > > > relativity and quantum theory.  Very dense work by Snell and Ludvig
>> >> >> > > > disproves this IMHO.  I take a similar view and believe the problem is
>> >> >> > > > we work in the ready-to-hand and don't get down deep enough to know
>> >> >> > > > what we are talking about.  English Law does not allow the cabin boy
>> >> >> > > > to be eaten to survive when all else is lost - you have to give him
>> >> >> > > > the same shake of the dice everyone else gets.
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>> >> >> > > > Bankers and others are always telling us they are worth their massive
>> >> >> > > > thefts.  There arguments relies on many frames of reference.  In short
>> >> >> > > > argument, I merely note they are 'responsible' for profits and never
>> >> >> > > > losses.  I believe it would be moral to work out what they have lost
>> >> >> > > > (some estimates at $39 trillion in the US) and take it off all bankers
>> >> >> > > > since 1970.  Such clawback is in line with performance related pay
>> >> >> > > > they claim to believe in.
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>> >> >> > > > On Jun 20, 12:53 am, Molly <mollyb...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> >> >> > > > > I know I've been plenty tired lately - like Madeline Kahn in Blazing
>> >> >> > > > > Saddles:  http://youtu.be/Uai7M4RpoLU
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>> >> >> > > > > On Jun 19, 6:35 pm, malcymo <malc...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> >> >> > > > > > Do you think tired?
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>> >> >> > > > > > I'm not so sure, certainly disinterested, apathetic and lazy minded; unless
>> >> >> > > > > > one is a fanatic.
>> >> >> > > > > > It would seem that the silent majority can put up with a great deal before
>> >> >> > > > > > they are spurred into action. It took attrocious Victorian exploitation to
>> >> >> > > > > > create the socialist movement.
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>> >> >> > > > > > Six days was an attempt at a bit of imaginative humour, really.
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>> >> >> > > > > > On Tuesday, June 19, 2012 10:54:12 PM UTC+12, rigsy03 wrote:
>> >> >> > > > > > > Why blame God? Seems to me the human race has been/is "tired".
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>> >> >> > > > > > > On Jun 19, 1:04 am, gabbydott <gabbyd...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >> > > > > > > > True, God must have been a bit tired when he came up with the
>> >> >> > > > > > > > learning-to-write trait. :)
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>> >> >> > > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 9:23 PM, malcymo <malc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >> > > > > > > > > Yes Gabby,
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>> >> >> > > > > > > > > The human conditioning that lies with us on the blank table: our
>> >> >> > > > > > > > > evolutionary successful traits.Things that we can just do like learn
>> >> >> > > > > > > to
>> >> >> > > > > > > > > talk. Not the hard things like learn to write.
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>> >> >> > > > > > > > > On Monday, June 18, 2012 9:48:07 PM UTC+12, gabbydott wrote:
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>> >> >> > > > > > > > >> Yes, I think I know what you are aiming at. That's why I have been
>> >> >> > > > > > > saying
>> >> >> > > > > > > > >> time and time again that the blank table theory on which you put or
>> >> >> > > > > > > take
>> >> >> > > > > > > > >> away the food for development is an unuseful construct. Even if it
>> >> >> > > > > > > has
>> >> >> > > > > > > > >> four legs, it still doesn't walk, so to speak. What I'd like to raise
>> >> >> > > > > > > > >> awareness for is that human conditioning starts before the little
>> >> >> > > > > > > human
>> >> >> > > > > > > > >> lies on the table to be told and shown what is good and what is bad.
>> >> >> > > > > > > In
>> >> >> > > > > > > > >> that sense I'd agree that there is something "natural" in morality.
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>> >> >> > > > > > > > >> On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 4:00 PM, pol.science kid  wrote:
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>> >> >> > > > > > > > >>> so when you say 'the human condition makes me human'... the fact of
>> >> >> > > > > > > > >>> being human makes me human.?...  and the conditions that be inform
>> >> >> > > > > > > my
>> >> >> > > > > > > > >>> morality... now taking this and putting it on the dude from my
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