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Religion and Ethics Discussion => Philosophy, in all its guises. => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on March 15, 2023, 12:24:28 PM

Title: The Transcendent Brain:
Post by: Nearly Sane on March 15, 2023, 12:24:28 PM

The Transcendent Brain: The Poetic Physicist Alan Lightman on Spirituality for the Science-Spirited


Another little meditation on a subject that I think will appeal to Sriram.


https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/03/14/the-transcendent-brain-alan-lightman/

Title: Re: The Transcendent Brain:
Post by: Sriram on March 16, 2023, 05:03:36 AM

Thanks for that NS. Yes...it is interesting.

The idea of a transcendent brain is itself self contradictory. The brain is a limited vessel, a piece of flesh that will die some day.  The transcendent part is independent of it and is connected to a far bigger consciousness. To realize this, the microscopic sense of individuality needs to be surpassed.

The attempt to understand and explain the transcendent through the material is bound to fail.....though it is a compulsive need felt by the ego mind to retain control.