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Post by heretic on Jun 11, 2011 16:06:36 GMT -5
There's a whole lot I don't know, either, and I'm fine with it. I'm just pointing at the same thing everyone else is, but I'm using imagination, poetically, to do so. It's kinda like griddle cakes, pancakes, hotcakes, and flapjacks- why are there four names for grilled batter and only one word for love? I dunno.
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Post by Portto on Jun 11, 2011 17:17:09 GMT -5
Imagine... Cloning! There's a lot of talk lately about human cloning. Even about copying the mind's content. But everybody seems to ignore 'the witness.' What would you do to clone or 'move' the witness? What would you do if one day you woke up in a new body? Who would be waking up in the new body?
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Post by heretic on Jun 11, 2011 18:19:30 GMT -5
Imagine... Cloning! There's a lot of talk lately about human cloning. Even about copying the mind's content. But everybody seems to ignore 'the witness.' What would you do to clone or 'move' the witness? What would you do if one day you woke up in a new body? Who would be waking up in the new body? Once we're aware of the witness, how can we ignore it? I like the three questions you asked. Good ones! The question about moving the witness reminds me of the moving, furling and unfurling flag. Does the flag move, or did the wind move it? Or, did the mind move? I know nothing about cloning a witness. If I woke up in a new body? Probably think at some point in time, "Oh boy....here we go again..." A new experience really isn't new; it's just a slight twist on very familiar sensations. Who would be waking up in the new body? Something which by its own nature is awake.
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Post by enigma on Jun 11, 2011 19:17:36 GMT -5
I would say the world is a reflection of formlessness in form, and the thought world is a reflection of form as thought, and the dream world is a reflection of thought in faux sense perception, each reflection becoming progressively more distorted and further away from Truth.
I don't have a problem with the idea that all of it is driven by imagination, but that's not to imply it's all equally wonderful to experience.
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Post by heretic on Jun 11, 2011 19:39:42 GMT -5
I agree, imaginations aren't all equally wonderful to experience. I remember when I wasn't so aware, to the point of being unconscious. But even those unconscious imaginations came to pass, although, in a much slower manner than conscious imaginations. I just didn't understand where I could stand to witness the birth of a thought. But pain pricks to livelier living, too. Thank goodness for ripening awareness.
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