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{{Radar}} yup,, you win! .....i think ;)

I understand your propensity to wax laconic dear ACOT, but please feel free to expand on this. I'd like to hear what you have to say at length, if you feel so inclined. Your perspectives are always interesting and often refreshing.

I've been told that it is being examined by "top men". sorry, i couldn't resist. :) :D

Yes, I know, but it is the aspect of non-dualism and becoming that made me think specifically of Advaita. It seems that much of what you postulate is similar as far as the view of self is concerned. I recall lectures by Tony Parsons in which he argues that instead of "I am contemplating" it is...

You know, every time you post, my reading list gets a little longer, and I keep running out of that resource that apparently doesn't exist. Imagine my frustration at having issues with something that isn't even there! And therein lies the human condition...:)

Since you speak about the validity of Sanatana Dharma, would it be fair to say that your views are not altogether dissimilar to Advaita Vedanta?

Yes, please proceed at your leisure Radar, no sense in another case of karoshi! But I am intrigued and curious so expect more questions when I have a chance to go over your replies :)

i think i just reached enlightenment. Either that or I'm off my diet for sure. :)

. Thomas, Not sure about your meaning here. Aphasia is the result of an insult to the brain or malfunction of those areas that control language. There are other conditions in the brain that can cause hallucinations in people who are quite lucid. Perhaps you remember Oliver Sacks? He is the...

I don't think we are having the same conversation here. Did you perceive that my post was a condemnation of Christianity or religion as a whole?

Agreed. I might be making a moot point here, but remember the Buddha's teaching on self and non-self? In this regard I wonder if both experience and non-experience may fall into the same realm, as it were. In America, religion is eschewed because of the rather convoluted and extreme...

So then do I understand correctly that your concept of "becomingness" does not presuppose being? And if not, what is there that "becomes"? A human being by virtue of its physiology never comes in direct contact with its environment but forms perceptions as a result of signals sent to various...

Okay so far, but I question the use of the word "actuality" considering the nature of how a human being perceives its reality. I don't necessarily disagree, but considering Kant's idea of not really knowing the thing in and of itself, thinking we are at any time accurately experiencing an...

Sorry, there is nothing scientific about this. The problem with intelligent design is that it is based on a tautology, that is not science by any stretch of the imagination. You must understand that in order for a hypothesis to fly it must be falsifiable. Intelligent design by virtue of it being...

Can you expand on that? Are there any research reports you could link to?

If you ever get to Seattle, I invite you to visit the local Gurudwara! :)

I understand your feeling about this, but it is quite normal for people to do this, it is the human condition. At a certain point of stress the prefrontal cortex becomes "unplugged" as it were and the person is left with only the midbrain to do the processing. That can lead to leaning on earlier...

Or, it could be said that under a sufficient amount of stress some people regress into magical thinking as a coping mechanism.

I see. And what does that mean to you, that some people pray when their life is threatened?