To: K-list
Recieved: 2003/02/16 20:53
Subject: Re: [K-list] This comes to mind
From: Dean Robbins
On 2003/02/16 20:53, Dean Robbins posted thus to the K-list:
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>Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 6:58 PM
>Subject: Re: [K-list] k-list] Psychopomps/brain/mind
>In a message dated 2/14/2003 2:31:58 PM Pacific Standard Time, Dean.Robbins AT_NOSPAM btinternet.com writes:
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>>The brain cannot exist without consciousness. The brain would be inert
>>matter. Without consciousness, it would be, literally be, "brain" dead.
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>Hi Hillary,
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>It's very quiet on the new list, I feel like I'm treading on egg shells. (-:
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>Okay, time to engage my brain, or is it "my" mind? (-:
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>Dear Dean, Ken,
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>Coincidentally :)) I was just reading "The Last Talks" by J Krishnamurti. Here's what he said on the subject...
>"Here, we must separate the brain from the mind. The brain is the centre of all our nerves, all our knowledge, all our theories, opinions, prejudices...
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>is there a difference between that brain and the mind?
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>Imo, Yes there is a difference. "That" brain is just a biological computer. Without mind, it cannot function at all. The brain is just a storehouse of processed information, its function is to serve the human animal. Beyond the physical dimension mind does not depend upon the brain for its information. The Mind itself is a reservoir of infinite information and part of the collective consciousness of All.
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>The brain will always be limited...This brain which is conditioned by knowledge, by experience, by tradition, cannot have any communication with the mind which is totally outside the activity of the brain. That mind can communicate with the brain, but the brain cannot communicate with...[the mind]--
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>the mind is too immense because it doesn't belong to you; it's not your mind. p. 96
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>I like this statement that Krishnaji makes. It reminds me of the concept of "All is in the Mind of God." Maybe God is Dreaming, and that we are only a part of That Dream. We may think; have opinions; ideas, etc, but in the end it all belongs to God. -- So, are we His Dreamt Creation? One can only wonder!
>Just my two pence worth.
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>Much love,
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>Dean
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