hi, fintan, you let us know that (thurman):
He says Western science has
mastered material reality and was able to put a man on the moon, but that
the East has achieved an equally stunning feat in the inner realm.
lithien:
that reminded me of a quote from Michael Woods in a program about India. he
said: that the west considers the east financially poor , but it is we who
are spiritually bankrupt.
Lithien
http://members.tripod.com/~lithien/Lila2.html
-----Original Message-----
From: Fintan Dunne <findunne@iol.ie>
To: moq_discuss@moq.org <moq_discuss@moq.org>
Date: Monday, December 14, 1998 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: MD quality and mind
>Hi David, Squad
>
>From: David Buchanan <DBuchanan@ClassicalRadio.org>
>
>Welcome to the Squad, David
>
>>The conversation is better than I hoped for,
>>although surprized at the scatology and brutality.
>
>We may maul each other here but we ARE passionate.
>It's like you just walked into a room where a family row has been going on
>for the last hour. Hopefully, we all get embarassed now and start assuring
>you that we love each other REALLY.
>
>>I'd love to go on, but the topic is brain, mind, and intellect, isn't it?
>
>
>Don't let THAT hold you back!
>
>>The neurosciences are inherently reductionist.
>>In the real world history has shown repeatedly that biological
>>explainations for human nature and behavior have been used by
>>authoritarian governments to justify exploitation, slavery, war and
>>genocide. Reductionism is a right-wing thing and it gets alot of people
>>killed.
>
>Too True! But we have to come down out of the lofty heights of
>metaphysics as well- and deal with the world where neuroscience
>is regarded as definitive of reality rather than supplementary.
>
>>>>DQ is the underlying evolutionary force and it created
>our brains and minds. The MOQ is very flattering to human consciousness.
>
>
>We flatter ourselves enough already about our own minds
>and OUR achievements- as if we were the source of DQ
>not the product!
>
>>>>One more idea. This one is from Robert Thurman. He's a Tibetan Buddhist
>scholar and Uma's dad. In "Inner Revolution" he says if you want to
>understand consciousness you gotta go East. He says Western science has
>mastered material reality and was able to put a man on the moon, but that
>the East has achieved an equally stunning feat in the inner realm.
>
>
>To my thinking, wandering around a dead rock in the sky- while your fellow
>humans starve is a tragedy rather than an achievement. The achievements of
>the East are truly worthy of our admiration.
>
>love
>
>Fintan
>
>
>
>
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