The seat of conciousness

I have become hooked on many of the Ted talks that you can find at Ted.com Perhaps none of these is as inspiring as this talk given by Jill Bolte Taylor. It begs the question where is the seat of conciousness. Is it found in the brain? What happens when the most complex computer on the planet gets a little scrambled. What happens when we are left with nothing but pure oneness? Perhaps these aren't the real questions, but instead what do we do with what we have right here in front of us, right now..

And Evolution marches on... Do we?

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/juan_enriquez_will_our_kids_be_a_different_species.html

Einstein said...

“A human being is part of a whole, called by us the ‘Universe,’ a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest—a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. The striving to free oneself from this delusion is the one issue of true religion. Not to nourish the delusion but to try to overcome it is the way to reach the attainable measure of peace of mind."


-Albert Einstein(1950)


As we continue to expand human consciousness we expand human possibilities. As the century ahead unfolds science and spiritual practice not only are meeting to intersect but to evolve together. Like the double helix of DNA the intertwining of science and the spiritual will lead to an explosive growth of possibilities. In computer science charting growth patterns, doubling of potential, speed of computation on a silicon chip is known as Moore's law. What will be the new law that governs the growth, the expansion of the human mind?


What can the mind do?
http://blog.onbeing.org/post/4693865779/a-little-bit-of-mindfulness-meditation-can-reduce-a-lot


Listen to this fascinating dialogue with the Dalai Lama's chief French Translator and scientisit, as he discusses spiritual practice, compassion, and the science of compassion. Truly intriguing listening:
http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/being/programs/2011/10/24/20111027_happiest_man_in_the_world_128.mp3?_kip_ipx=1378284890-1323662741

Quote of the Day

I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.

-Susan B. Anthony

I am the light the truth and the way, and no one comes to....

How much different would the world have been if there was deeper understanding into that simple phrase. How much different if the writers of the bible, the readers of the bible, and ultimately the modern day interpreters of the bible could look into the heart of one who came to save, not to exclude. Who came to liberate, not to enslave. Who came in peace, for peace, with peace, not as judge for an angry god. As long as we seperate god from us we are doomed. As long as God is perceived as some long bearded white guy in the clouds we will never see god. Never in the flowers, in sun, the rain, pain, joy, heartache, longing, forgiveness, or redemption.

I am the light, the truth and the way, as you are, and no man shall come to the father, to know thy true self, except through, yourself.

I am the light (A Guide), the truth (the preciousness of all human beings), the way (the path of the enlightened soul) and no man shall come to the father (complete understanding), except through me (realizing yourself as Jesus realized himself). 

A hand in it all

The Relative. Caue and Effect. The gentle and not so gentle cocoon of this existence wraps itself into every current of our lives. We sit, we contemplate, we persue God, that which we percieve to be a apart from us. Yet we run in terror when we capture but a glimpse of the fact that the absolute is just that, absolute.The irony lies in that which tethers us, imprisons us in delusion, is that which we need to set us free. When scaling the cliff face, apparently humans need a few relative handholds along the way to realize that they are in fact the cliff.

Homeless

I watched the film "The Human Experience" last night. This documentary film begins when two brothers decide to take up experiences of many facets of humanity, to truly walk in anothers shoes. In the first part of the film the brothers decide to actually become homeless for a week in New York City, to live and sleep on the streets, to beg for food, to live as true members of the homeless community. Crushingly the brothers interviewed one homeless woman, who said when she was first on the streets that she had four dogs with her. People hung all around her in the freezing cold on their cell phones, looking for homes for the dogs, while they left her to freeze on the street. Have we really lost that part of our humanity that allows us to see ourselves in another's eyes?

"He who does not see God in the next person he meets, need look no further" -Gandhi

In these times more and more people find themselves in difficulty, in pain, hungry, or even homeless, yet we are so diconnected from each other that there is this always "someone else". I invite you to reflect on that "who" that eternal "someone". What can each of us offer in the way of compassion? How can we truly embody that which makes us truly human.