To: K-list
Recieved: 2003/02/27 14:49
Subject: Re: [K-list] thinking about mind vs brain
From: mundane zen

Dear Lavina,

These are some of the most powerful and meaningful words I have ever read.
Far from any flights of fantasy about super-intelligent aliens and visions
of ascendant masters, beyond any pedantic philosophical discussion about the
mind-body problem, you speak from a unique place of realization and convey
deep spiritual truths. We are all in your debt.
>... It feels like no big deal, but the living part of me wants to
>remember the joy, the excitement the struggle of what life has been,
>and without the brain there seems to be no reason to. I used to think
>that it would not matter, but it does.


I know many people that crave that blissed-out super-conscious state, and
want to remain in it as much as possible. I used to be the same way. Then
I started to wonder, what's the point of having a physical body if all I'm
trying to do is transcend it. The fact is, here I am, existing as both body
and spirit, a synthesis of both in a greater wholeness. So, my goal is to
try to be as aware as possible under all conditions and in all situations.
>I wonder now about how people say they remember past lives, with my brain
>dying I can't remember yesterday. It does not make sense that as the
>information of this lifetime is less available to me today how it will be
>available when my brain has died completely?


This has been a big question for me too. I sense that I am part of a
greater field of awareness that transcends the personal ego, but that
super-consciousness seems pure and without any personal attributes or
memories. If that's what we become after the body, brain, and ego stop
functioning, how can one recall past lives?
>Spirit is forever, but *this brain* is a short lived gift.


This should be chiseled into a granite monument somewhere.


Peace and Love,

ken

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