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Post by stardustpilgrim on May 9, 2023 15:47:28 GMT -5
Yea, that's what i thought. I'm more interested in what gestalts are made from. Gestalts are formed of "elements" that are, most likely, gestalts themselves. The beauty of the "gestalt" concept is that is a model for placebo / nocebo, mass-formations, ... that cannot be explained mechanistically. The gestalt allows for free-will at all levels, while still allowing for value-fulfillment to be achievable at all levels. This is because the gestalt's properties don't result from the properties of its elements, and each element's properties don't result from the properties of the gestalt. Studying the elements doesn't allow you to draw conclusions on the gestalt, and studying the gestalt doesn't allow you to draw conclusions on its elements. One of the most often mentioned examples is the human body and its cells. OK, I agree, I am not a reductionist. |
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Post by laughter on May 9, 2023 16:38:49 GMT -5
From the Introduction to Conceiving the Inconceivable Part 1 ... The indivisible, unfathomable, existential truth, is not a problem to be solved. |
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Post by stardustpilgrim on May 11, 2023 0:13:02 GMT -5
Socrates said, If I am wise, it's because I know I know nothing. I look at it as a movement into the unknown. I think I'm immune from seeing it otherwise. I would distrust any realization that stops the movement. Maya is very clever. What is it that thinks it can "move into the unknown?" What is it that thinks it is immune from anything? After I was taught the beginning practices, September 1976, it took me 15 years to come to understand this, the answer. I would never put it into words. I would never even put into words why I would never put it into words. (My answer to this question a couple of days ago was disingenuous, you didn't reply, so I deleted it). |
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