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A fantastic presentation by Peter Russel, asking a very difficult question.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8AXmJdmzfM
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Well there you have it, the universe is all in the mind. Not in your mind, although everything you experience is a virtual reproduction within your brain, rather it's in the mind. We know that we don't experience reality directly, but even this thing we call reality arises from something deeper, more fundamental - The infinite capacity for experience itself, the essence of existence, or if you wanna sound like a total quack, god. The ability to experience does not appear suddenly with the formation of a nervous system. No, a brain merely gives form and complexity to experience. Instead, it is a quality that exists prior to all else, even to space-time.
Your brain is like the film in a projector, giving shape to everything you perceive, forming your sensations, thoughts, and memories, just like the film sculpts the light to form an image. But your brain is not the source of experience, it is not the lightbulb. Nor is your environment the source, the environment just keeps the film rolling. The primary source of experience is at the beginning of everything, it is the source of light, of matter, of time. Everything that I experience can be reduced a single truth: I am.
maybe
Anyway, enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8AXmJdmzfM
Here's the rest:
Well there you have it, the universe is all in the mind. Not in your mind, although everything you experience is a virtual reproduction within your brain, rather it's in the mind. We know that we don't experience reality directly, but even this thing we call reality arises from something deeper, more fundamental - The infinite capacity for experience itself, the essence of existence, or if you wanna sound like a total quack, god. The ability to experience does not appear suddenly with the formation of a nervous system. No, a brain merely gives form and complexity to experience. Instead, it is a quality that exists prior to all else, even to space-time.
Your brain is like the film in a projector, giving shape to everything you perceive, forming your sensations, thoughts, and memories, just like the film sculpts the light to form an image. But your brain is not the source of experience, it is not the lightbulb. Nor is your environment the source, the environment just keeps the film rolling. The primary source of experience is at the beginning of everything, it is the source of light, of matter, of time. Everything that I experience can be reduced a single truth: I am.
maybe
Anyway, enjoy.