and @beforethebounce to me it is just being simple (not an easy...

First 10 Last

Share
Profile

Follow
Trees

43,566 Posts.

90

12/12/19

09:41

Post #: 41925787
Share

Originally posted by wafflehead ↑

There is a school of thought that suggests that the brain, rather than being the seat of our mindfulness, our consciousness, is a means of limiting consciousness.

The more the brain is calmed, suppressed, quietened, the greater the consciousness experienced, as though once the brain can be somewhat switched off a greater amount of the conscious self is experienced. The harder you try to think, the more brain activity we have the less we experience consciousness.

Certain drugs, for example, produce hallucinogenic experiences, vast shifts and increases in consciousness and yet when the brain is viewed via CT scan many areas of the brain have become relatively inactive. Meditation is another example of increased consciousness while at the same time reducing the brains activity.

It is very complex and there is so much more yet to learn about this subject. The brain is like a conduit that allows the mind-self, our "human" consciousness, perhaps we are even talking about the human soul, to enter into physical reality with our instincts and survival skills intact and at the same time maintains a balance between how much consciousness we can experience as physical beings and some greater consciousness that seems to be external to physical reality.

Nice information in your post, thanks.

Expand

and @beforethebounce

to me it is just being simple (not an easy word to explain using the throttling control of words)

you will notice that some can handle much flow and some need very little to sustain their existence in this reality. eg some can handle many inputs whilst others need a few inputs (otherwise it is not easy to cope)

this may be conditioning or it may be an self protection mechanism

This is very similar to the number of faces humans can apply to the world.

Throttling is to me a protection mechanism, when the flow is too strong and from many directions humans sink into a turtle shell.

Flow can be the sense from the outside world or internal, it just depends on the ability/makeup and experience one has in this life cycle.

perception and experience and bias are powerful corridors in humans

Last edited by Trees: 12/12/19
1 Upvote

Reply