Re: Mind's Eye Re: Are You A Human Being ?

Just take those meds religiously. Have you tried doing things with
your left hand if you are right-handed? Even like brushing your teeth
or unlocking a door, etc.- it builds new synapses. You are in good
company- Alexander and Caesar had epilipsy- maybe you've lost nothing!

On Aug 13, 12:00 pm, Allan H <allanh1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Very interesting,, I do know that because of my epilepsy that part of my
> brain is weak and malfunctions. neural activity is
> very fascinating especially when it effects you in daily life..  there is
> damage from the epileptic activity.
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> worlds change believe me.. but i wonder what I have lost.
> Allan
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> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 6:37 PM, gabbydott <gabbyd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I share your fears, which is why suggest a limbo competition in which
> > you need to lower the bar.
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> > So here is my video link for you as a sign of understanding you:
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> >http://www.ted.com/talks/vs_ramachandran_the_neurons_that_shaped_civi...
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> > Am I close?
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> > On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 8:58 PM, Vam <atewari2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I believe, people who put in their 2 cents on this thread were already
> > > daunted by my rules... no regurgitating other people's thoughts.
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> > > What's more basic than the topic : Are you a human being ? In what way,
> > over
> > > and above what animals do ? And, all the brilliant minds here are
> > > struggling...
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> > > I am afraid, raising the bar into non-dual will simply crash on them !
> > So...
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> > > Mind Eyers !  Let me ask yet again...
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> > > Are you a human being, over and above the animal ways ?
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> > > What do you think is so difficult about the topic ?
>
> > > On Saturday, August 11, 2012 6:29:47 PM UTC+5:30, Molly wrote:
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> > >> Moving in spirit, and outside the realm of time, is non dual, and
> > >> therefore, also outside the realm of cause and effect. I think when we
> > are
> > >> moving in spirit, and centered in a non dual view, we have integrated
> > >> entirely.  It does not mean time and cause and effect do not exist.  It
> > >> means that our viewpoint transcends, and therefore our external and
> > internal
> > >> experience of life transcends also.  I love this Joseph Campbell quote:
> > >> "We can't rid the world of sorrow, but we can choose to live in joy ...
> > The
> > >> Bodhisattva participates joyfully in the sorrows of the world."  Maybe,
> > >> being human is the journey there (the view we bring into the world) and
> > back
> > >> again (after being completely submersed in the world).  Siddhartha.
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> > >> On Saturday, August 11, 2012 4:32:15 AM UTC-4, Allan Heretic wrote:
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> > >>> I think the nature of man as we know it is really not going to change
> > >>> much, there will be time of better behavior and times of less desirable
> > >>> behavior. Other than for the development of the soul into a greater
> > being in
> > >>> closer connection with the Entirety.
> > >>> Every soul has complete free choice in its development and progression.
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> > >>> It is the relationship with the Entirety that is important..  some
> > people
> > >>> seek this connection through wealth and greed, others through war and
> > >>> destruction..  What ever path that is chosen it will have effects on
> > the
> > >>> soul.. and none of them actually effect the immortality of its
> > existence.
> > >>> The soul is already eternal whether people believe it or not,  even
> > that
> > >>> does not matter.
>
> > >>> Darma tells us that life is for moral, ethical and truthful living.
> > Karma
> > >>> tells us there are effect to be expected from our actions.. karma does
> > not
> > >>> tell us when though. This can be a problem  because of my
> > understanding in
> > >>> the spiritual realm there is no time.
> > >>> Allan
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> > >>> On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 9:04 AM, Vam <atewa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > >>>> If mere being raised by human beings, and being a part of their
> > family,
> > >>>> is the criterion... I'm afraid, even dogs and cats can lay a claim to
> > being
> > >>>> human.
>
> > >>>> #BrainIsNotTheMind
> > >>>> I've never held in hand or dived into the brain 2 connect neurones, or
> > >>>> throttle endocrine glands, 2 deal with matters in the mind !
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> > >>>> And, to those who continue to primacy to the animal in man ... I've
> > not
> > >>>> known of any animal devising 84 different, well thought out positions
> > to
> > >>>> copulate, or prepare thousands of distinct food preparations and still
> > >>>> distinguish their flavours enough to write volumes on each !
>
> > >>>> On Saturday, August 11, 2012 6:09:24 AM UTC+5:30, AmandaRheen wrote:
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> > >>>>> I guess the only thing that really allows me to know that I am a
> > human
> > >>>>> being is that I was born into and grew up within a family of
> > creatures who
> > >>>>> identified themselves and me as human beings.  Then as reinforcement
> > of this
> > >>>>> idea I attended large communal gatherings at regular intervals with
> > others
> > >>>>> who generally looked and acted the same as myself.  Occassionally the
> > >>>>> creatures in charge would take great pains to demand that we act
> > like human
> > >>>>> beings, not like animals hehe.  Mostly from these experiences I have
> > learned
> > >>>>> to identify myself as 'human being'.
> > >>>>> As far as considering myself  'apart' from other animals I'm not
> > sure I
> > >>>>> really attended that class. Perhaps I played hooky that day and was
> > off
> > >>>>> riding my horse through the bush with our two dogs.  Granted some of
> > the
> > >>>>> human being creatures I knew would tell me we were apart from other
> > >>>>> creatures but my own human being family seemed less concerned about
> > this
> > >>>>> distinction and more concerned with showing other creatures great
> > care and
> > >>>>> respect in return for the loyalty and co-operation they gave in their
> > >>>>> interaction with us.  Sure we occasionally ate one of them but
> > animals have
> > >>>>> their own ways of levelling the field when they really feel like it.
> >  I
> > >>>>> concede though none of them ever actually ate me.
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> > >>>> --
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> > >>> --
> > >>>  (
> > >>>   )
> > >>> |_D Allan
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> > >>> Life is for moral, ethical and truthful living.
>
> > > --
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> > --
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> --
>  (
>   )
> |_D Allan
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