Folks: Change in my behavior is a result of ideas implanted into my "mind". I would suggest that all human behavior is a result of implantation of ideas. The...
Don, I somehow prefer to think that I do have, at least some, ideas on my own. I guess that it is reasonable to assume that there are other people also have or...
Some in history (Jesus in the temple at 12, asking questions of the elders, and answering theirs; Sri Ramakrishna, able to interpret Hindu scriptures beyond...
Where do our ideas originate? I also would prefer that my "ideas" originate with myself. But, is this reasonable? Is it reasonable that my neurons are the...
MessageDon, There is nothing "wrong" with keeping "options open". With the way of thinking and disregarding some facts appears to be a different case. And this...
It appears that you imply God as an answer to your question "where do 'ideas' initially originate?" Damir. Yes, this could be one possibility, Damir....
If you, Don, are "informed" (e.g., via Saint John's words) "God is Love," you may or may not "understand;" under-standing = harmonic resonance with the Form-al...
Thanks, retired, for your comments and thoughts. I would like to acquire more wisdom and understanding about the nature of ideas and their source. You have...
MessageDon, Our fundamental misunderstanding is in the keyword "source". If we do not resolve it, I doubt that we can make much progress. From my perspective...
Damir: The reason I like the word "source" is because it is used regularly by journalists, politicians, and investigative agencies. When these people recieve...
... by ... people ... living ... person ... the ... living ... 90% of ... word "source" ... Regarding the aforementioned source, be it unknowable by empirical ...
MessageDon, We started our discussion with a line of thinking in which we might be able to discover an "ultimate/absolute source of our ideas". I already...
"Namkhai Norbu is a contemporary Dzogchen master living in Italy. He has written many books; one of the most accessible and inspiring is 'The Mirror: Advice...
Even when we speak about "growing into our cultural imprint" - there is no single "source" of our ideas. There is a multitude of "sources" (many of nonhuman...
MessageDon, My reluctance to enter any discussion on existence or non-existence of God - has following reasons: a.. The topic is highly emotionally charged and...
Damir: Thanks for your view. My view is that God and religion is the prime issue that we must address if we desire to resolve world problems like those in the...
MessageDon, Thanks. I would only like to clarify a possible misunderstanding. While I'm excluding discussions on existence or non-existence of God - I'm not ...
Thanks for your update, Damir. I will not discuss the existence or non-existence of God. I think you know my view on this, so it is unnecessary to expand on...
Folks, Although interpretation of finding reported in NSU article "Memory bottleneck limits intelligence" does not link directly the finding with "conscious...
Folks, It is always delightful to hear about fundamental changes in thinking of the scientific community. The latest finding is presented in New Scientist's ...
Rats that heard a Mozart sonata expressed higher levels of several genes involved in stimulating and changing the connections between brain cells, the study...
MessageDon, Basically - it is a fundamental change in ways of thinking. Such experiment would be "unthinkable" two or three decades ago, for back then there...
Purpose is an illusion in the first flavor that is limited to a forward flux of causation. In the second flavor, purpose is an innate property of the self that...
Hello, Don, good to read your insight. A parsing comment: the first in-stance or flavor is physis, or matter; the second is soul, or instauration of Spirit....
Jim, speaking of music again we note Stevie Nicks' song "Landslide" that tells of the same story: "... I took my love and I took it down. I climbed a mountain...
... down. ... in ... Norbu's "The Mirror" is good, and the short answer for Nicks' question is "I and the Father are one." "Divine Love always has met and...
Great comments: In the beginning was ther WORD and the WORD was God! It all starts with words which originate from a spiritual source. We are the results. Our...
Folks, The border we drew between "what is alive" and "what is not" is today even more "blurred" as reported in NSU article "Mineral brew grows 'cells'" ( ...
Folks: Yes, the mystery of life continues. This demonstrates that we humans are merely discovering reality as we live our lives. We will never reach any final...
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