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Speedlinking 2/12/08

Posted on Feb 12th, 2008 by WH : Integral Instigator WH

Quote of the day : "Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened." ~ Sir Winston Churchill Image of the day :... More »

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Speedlinking 2/1/08

Posted on Feb 1st, 2008 by WH : Integral Instigator WH

Quote of the day : "It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice... More »

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Speedlinking 1/30/08

Posted on Jan 30th, 2008 by WH : Integral Instigator WH

Quote of the day : "The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution." ~ Hannah, Arednt Image of the day : BODY ~ Fructose - The Sweet Nectar of Body... More »

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Daily Dharma: Empty Phenomena Rolling On

Posted on Jan 23rd, 2008 by WH : Integral Instigator WH

[ image source ] Today's Daily Dharma from Tricycle -- a whole different take on consciousness . Empty Phenomena Rolling On   The Buddha described what we call “self” as a collection of aggregates –... More »

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Defending Consciousness

Posted on Jan 23rd, 2008 by WH : Integral Instigator WH

The LA Times has an interesting editorial by Jonah Lehrer, called Misreading the Mind . The article is an impassioned defense of subjective experience -- what is often thought of as consciousness -- against the... More »

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John Searle on the Human Mind and the Nature of Intelligence

Posted on Jan 7th, 2008 by WH : Integral Instigator WH

An interesting, though brief, defense of mind and soul from the onslaught of rationalist, reductionist models that "computerize" the brain and discard the idea of consciousness. But Searle's concept of "intentionality" still is not sufficient... More »

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Neuroscience and Buddhism

Posted on Dec 30th, 2007 by WH : Integral Instigator WH

The still emerging field of neuroscience has revolutionized our understanding of human behavior and the human mind. We now know that certain chemicals (or the lack of them) in the brain can cause specific mental... More »

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Speedlinking 11/9/07

Posted on Nov 9th, 2007 by WH : Integral Instigator WH

Quote of the day : "Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake,... More »

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Speedlinking 10/15/07

Posted on Oct 15th, 2007 by WH : Integral Instigator WH

Quote of the day : "The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments." ~ Friedrich Nietzsche Image of the day : BODY ~ Getting The Truth About... More »

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Daily Dharma: Luminosity and Knowing

Posted on Oct 8th, 2007 by WH : Integral Instigator WH

Today's Daily Dharma from Tricycle : Luminosity and Knowing   With persistent practice, consciousness may eventually be perceived or felt as an entity of mere luminosity and knowing, to which anything is capable of appearing... More »

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