[MD] Fwd: Bolte-Taylor: My stroke of insight

[Dan Ausbury]

No, although Eckhart got ten weeks on Oprah...

But, seriously, I'm curious about participants views on such questions as:
- What does enlightenment mean?  What fundamental traits could we associate
with the attainment of sudden enlightenment?
-  Are there significant differences between an Eastern vs. Western
enlightenment experiences?
- Can enlightenment be reduced to a neurological explanation - as we see
with Bolte-Taylor, as well as James Austin's, "Zen and the Brain"?
- If the latter is the case, is there importance in using metaphysical or
mystical metaphors in order to understand and/or attain enlightenment?

BTW, speaking of the NYX, has anyone seen this one:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/27/health/research/27budd.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1211897860-i9nYUMjP8zcW6Mb+SYCAEw
?

or this one: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/opinion/13brooks.html ?

The Times seems to be riding a wave...

Dan



On 5/27/08, Marsha <marshalz at charter.net> wrote:
>
> Greetings Dan,
>
> Well for one thing, I don't think they put Pirsig and Eckhart in the
> Fashion & Style Section of the NYT.
>
> Marsha
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Ausbury" <dausbury at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Monday, May 26, 2008 6:59 PM
> Subject: [MD] Fwd: Bolte-Taylor: My stroke of insight
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>
> I'm new to the discussions, and I'm curious about how participants view the
>> similarities and differences between Jill Bolte-Taylor, Pirsig and Eckhart
>> Tolle.  All are Westerners who seem to have had sudden elightenment
>> experiences that pulled them into a permanent MOQ-type view of the
>> universe.
>>
>> Dan
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Marsha <marshalz at charter.net>
>> Date: May 25, 2008 3:42 PM
>> Subject: Re: [MD] Bolte-Taylor:  My stroke of insight
>> To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
>>
>> FYI
>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/25/fashion/25brain.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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