[MD] Protestant Capitalism

[MarshaV]

At 12:31 PM 5/21/2009, you wrote:
>Marsha:
>And it's sad, but true, that everyone loves a smartass...
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>Marsha:
>Instead of regurgitating 'NeuroScience Today', you might try
>meditation.  I'm no advanced student, but I did get far enough to
>watch patterns cycle through the mind.  That would be empirical
>evidence, rather than second-hand stuff.
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>[Krimel]
>I have never heard of 'NeuroScience Today' but it sound more appetizing that
>regurgitated Sanskrit and certainly less repellent than the notion of
>enlightenment through introspection. The later just smacks of blasphemy and
>self adulation.

Marsha:
The trick is NOT to get caught in your own stories.  You are 
interested in how the brain works, watch how thoughts flow through 
the mind.  My thoughts (you won't be surprised) were mostly 
gibberish, but to watch the process was really amazing.


>Marsha:
>And really it is quite amazing to see the thinking process first-hand,
>get an amazing peek at what is being called 'reality'.
>
>[Krimel]
>I know of no other way to apprehend the thinking process than first hand.

Yes, but you are not only thinking the thoughts, you are watching the 
thoughts like watching Rocky and Bullwinkle.



>Marsha:
>Laziness is easier by far, especially when you laugh it away with humor,
>but you are really missing something amazing.
>
>[Krimel]
>Except that I am not kidding. The modern narrative arts are guided
>meditations that transform the viewer. They call for a total loss of self,
>absorption in the moment. They invite transcendence of the world of shadow
>and provide a glimpse into the Essence of what might be.

What are you talking about???  It's not a 'total loss of self'.  It's 
self put in its proper perspective.  It certainly doesn't make you 
any less feisty.  It's more laughter, less grumpiness.  At least 
mostly it's been that for me.  It also inspires compassion.  I am not 
a Buddhist, or a close-to enlightened being, I'm a bug, but 
meditation can be worth the effort.


Marsha






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The self is a thought-flow of ever-changing, interrelated and 
interconnected, inorganic, biological, social and intellectual, 
static patterns of value responding to Dynamic Quality.

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