On Fri, 22 Sep 2000 12:19:00 -0700, Ken Stuart <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>On Fri, 22 Sep 2000 09:15:45 -0400, Philip Thrift <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 19 Sep 2000 20:22:34 -0700, Ken Stuart <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, 19 Sep 2000 21:31:51 EDT, Denise LePage <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>>>
>>>> Does who we are come from our brains or from some metaphysical origin?
>>>>  No one can say for sure.
>>>
>>>Just as you can experience that a filet mignon or an ice cream cone
tastes
>>good,
>>>but you cannot prove to someone else that they taste good if they refuse
to
>>put
>>>it in their mouth, similarly, one can experience that - for sure - "who
we
>>are"
>>>- awareness - does not come from our brains, but rather is the
fundamental
>>>essence of everything.
>>
>>
>>
>>What if we were like Siamese twins, joined at the head, sharing
>>some brain tissue?
>
>According to most Eastern religions, there is only one being in the world,
which
>manifests in six billion different locations...



only one 'being' in the world
*so* Zen
I agree

Philip Thrift
http://www.paleofitness.com