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Recieved: 1999/10/09 15:10
Subject: Re: [K-list] Autism as a means of enlightenment
From: Martin Thompson

13:33:35 Sat, 9 Oct 1999
 at PokimontazATnospamaol.com writes:
><< An Australian scientist plans to try and deactivate part of his brain to
> see if he can become a super-skilled "savant" as a few autistic people
> are. It appears to amount to switching off the internal dialogue -
> perhaps he will achieve artificially induced enlightenment! >>
>
>Is it me or do the words "artificial enlightenment" seem to be oxymorons? Is
>it truly emlightenment if it's induced...but on the other hand dont some ppl
>induce emlightenment through meditation and things. I mean they do that in
>order to receive enlightenment rather than it just kinda falling into their
>hands. But the nature of enlightenment is the changing of your thinking and
>beliefs and if you just turn on and off parts of the brain you can not say
>with certainty that your thought processes will change (well u cant say if it
>will be a good change or bad change that is). Its like changing a switch
>panel in hopes that the light will shine blue not white. Just because you
>change one aspect of the curcuit that doesnt mean that you will affect the
>flow as desired. The light still flows white ratehr the desired blue despite
>the fact that u chaged stuff.
>
>These are just the questions than rolled through my mind as i read the
>article, although the primise is very interesting.
>
Interesting questions. Depending on the nature of his consciousness
under these conditions, he might be able to reproduce the patterns while
in full possession of his faculties, having experienced what it feels
like - a sort of biofeedback process with rocket boosters. A sort of
electromagnetic Zen koan: stop the mind; now there it is!
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