[MD] The Science of Red

[MarshaV]

At 11:25 AM 2/4/2009, you wrote:
>Marsha,
>
>My question was about what science tells us about the _experience_ of
>red.  This was just an auxiliary question.  The primary question was
>also about _experience_:  'It is my impression that the mystical
>experience is without self and objects, in the land before
>language.  How does science deal with that?'
>Not to worry.  I'm perfectly willing to let the subject drop.  I can
>ponder it on my own time.
>
>Andre:
>Hi Marsha, interesting that the colour red in the applications of
>science/technology denote 'danger'or'stop'. (eg traffic,trains, emergency
>lights etc.)
>Just a thought.


Me thinks in Asian countries white is the color of death and 
mourning.  In the West black is the color of death and mourning.  I 
wonder what that means.  -  Red happens to be a favorite color.

>I think that science, at its current level of development/refinement has
>great difficulty 'dealing' with mystical experience.
>But here's hoping. I even think that the Dalai Lama said something about
>this but cannot remember from whence it came.(The Universe in a Single
>Atom?).

That was a good book.  I like the books where Science and the Dalai 
Lama come together.


Thanks,

Marsha





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