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Consciousness and neuro-science
https://www.quora.com/What-makes-the-hard-problem-of-consciousness-so-unexpectedly-hard (Different from above) Prof. Donald Hoffman – The Case Against Reality . A professor of cognitive science argues that the world is nothing like the one we experience through our senses. Evolution has shaped us with perceptions that … Continue reading
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Tagged chaos, Consciousness, cosmos, evolution, experience, illusion, knowledge, life, mathematics, mind, non-duality, Quantum physics, reality, reality and illusion
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Conversation with ‘H’ – 5
H. (… if I may, I shall just add a few follow-on remarks in connection with your particular, numbered points:) I originally said:“in my opinion there is always the risk of leaning too much on concepts that are not … Continue reading
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Tagged awareness, concepts, Consciousness, experience, illusion, intuition, knowledge, mind, multiplicity, no-mind, non-duality, objects, reality, realization, self, spirituality, wisdom
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Conversation with H – Cont.
12.3.16 In my previous comments as a preliminary reply to H – taking into consideration his scruples on the use of language and of certain anthropomorphic-sounding expressions in particular – I accepted that much of the language in Eastern texts … Continue reading
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Tagged Consciousness, Creation, God, hyperbole, illusion, imagination, knowledge, Krishna, language, Puranas, reality, religion, sacred language, self, superimposition
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Conversation with H (Knower, Witness)
H. ‘… as regards the somewhat artificial distinction (ontologically speaking) that I make between awareness and consciousness, then this is something I do of my own choosing, accepting that there is an objectless state of mind that cannot correctly be … Continue reading
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Tagged advaita, awareness, Buddhism, Consciousness, illusion, intuition, knower, knowledge, mind, objectless, ontology, phenomenology, reality, self, tradition, witness
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Who is enlightened?
Neo-advaita’s dictum: ‘everytbody is enlightened’ is true and false at the dame time. In what sense? Continue reading
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Tagged 'individual', advaita, Calderón, dream, Dream lion, empirical and higher knowledge, Gaudapada, illusion, Neo-advaita, Shakepeare, Shankara
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Creation and Dissolution
Is there ever a dissolution of the universe? What is illusion and what is not illusion? Sage Vasishta answers these questions. It is all about Liberation (from ignorance) Continue reading
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Tagged brahman, Consciousness, cosmos, Creation, Dark night, dissolution, illusion, Ishwar, Rama, Rudra, Vasishta
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