And of course, this dovetails nicely into Jacque's disappearing socks theory.
Lol on this wonderful thread. I love you guys. On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 12:08 Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > LOL. OK way OT now.. (Richmond I have a long way to go to catch up to you > on OT…) the so-called "100% empirical" is such a bogus idea in the first > place, as many a modern brain scientist will tell you. And we know some of > the top "empirically trained" guys. What measurements, by whom and under > what circumstances? > > As for "inner bodies" well, seen by many though no more measureable to the > limited mind than are the photons from the sun that are streaming through > us all at this very moment. Streaming photons are also "based on belief" > -- a cultural consensus surrounding nuclear physics and their choice of > instrumentation to "visualize" a phenomena that is in fact "invisible" and > onlyl verifiable by inference. As much an illusion as American > Exceptionalism (we are actually a 2nd tier nation slipping into 3rd tier > territory.) But you "believe" what the nuclear physicists actually tell us > about sub-atomic particle motion. Therein lies the slippery slope of the > line between "100 empirical" vs "belief" Their theories can (and do and > have) changed over time. Some would think that what one imagines is > "metaphysical," perhaps, but nevertheless just as "real" It's no less > real than the butter on your toast. FYI: the butter on your toast is a > hologram painted on your brain by your 5 senses. What you imagine is just > another painting, by a different painter….way OT now… I better stop > there. I'm only very thankful that what Mark Waddinginton "imagines" does > indeed enter the empirical realm, eventually. > > On 7/14/17, 8:44 AM, "use-livecode on behalf of Richard Gaskin via > use-livecode" <use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com on behalf of > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > It might be argued that talk of pranic, astral, mental and > > superconscious bodies came from the realm of metaphysical belief > > and therefore were not entirely relevant to talking about the > > physical world. > > <cheese> > We can observe that there is a difference between a living person and > as > dead body. No one has discovered the exact mechanism that > distinguishes > the two. But we all see it, even if we have different names for it. > </cheese> > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode -- -- Stephen Barncard - Sebastopol Ca. USA - mixstream.org _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
