Thank you Tineke and Mattias. What you are writing here is actually quite extraordinary to read in terms of its breadth and vision; that is, by pointing to the fundamental and ground-moving recogntion that consciousness has reality separate from the corporeal-- in fact, that it precedes its more recognisable manifestations. May I suggest…
What you are writing here is actually quite extraordinary to read in terms of its breadth and vision; that is, by pointing to the fundamental and ground-moving recogntion that consciousness has reality separate from the corporeal-- in fact, that it precedes its more recognisable manifestations.
May I suggest that it is limiting to equate 'mind' with consciousness (as you seem to do), when you have quite clearly identified that mind is one manifestation of consciousness. All of the many known and oft-reported experiences where consciousness expands beyond the mind as we generally know it (somewhat rational, conceptualising - even of our feeling life) makes it abundantly clear to us that the mind is just one station of human consciousness. I'll simply add here as an example, that imagination is already moving outside mind as a state of consciousness - at least until it enters the mind in a mind-recognisable way.
May I also suggest that what we are moving towards here might be more fully captured by the words 'attention' or 'attentiveness', than mind.
On the medical side of things, I know from my wife's own experiences that consciousness can very directly participate in therapy; including in her case in relation to a serious and very conventional heart condition, and also an immunological disorder - both which were considered to be largely untreatable. She in fact demonstrated on the operating table to her cardiologist/electrophysiologist that she could, with only her attention, alter her heart's beating when the surgeon manipulated it with electrical impulses. This is not considered medically possible.
My wife has over the past 2 decades shown a number of leading heart and immunological specialists, that therapy and healing is not mechanical at all, and that consciousness (with assistance from plant and homeopathic remedies) can replace the need for pharmacological intervention in many, many respects.
Thank you for your incredibly significant work and effort.
Thank you Tineke and Mattias.
What you are writing here is actually quite extraordinary to read in terms of its breadth and vision; that is, by pointing to the fundamental and ground-moving recogntion that consciousness has reality separate from the corporeal-- in fact, that it precedes its more recognisable manifestations.
May I suggest that it is limiting to equate 'mind' with consciousness (as you seem to do), when you have quite clearly identified that mind is one manifestation of consciousness. All of the many known and oft-reported experiences where consciousness expands beyond the mind as we generally know it (somewhat rational, conceptualising - even of our feeling life) makes it abundantly clear to us that the mind is just one station of human consciousness. I'll simply add here as an example, that imagination is already moving outside mind as a state of consciousness - at least until it enters the mind in a mind-recognisable way.
May I also suggest that what we are moving towards here might be more fully captured by the words 'attention' or 'attentiveness', than mind.
On the medical side of things, I know from my wife's own experiences that consciousness can very directly participate in therapy; including in her case in relation to a serious and very conventional heart condition, and also an immunological disorder - both which were considered to be largely untreatable. She in fact demonstrated on the operating table to her cardiologist/electrophysiologist that she could, with only her attention, alter her heart's beating when the surgeon manipulated it with electrical impulses. This is not considered medically possible.
My wife has over the past 2 decades shown a number of leading heart and immunological specialists, that therapy and healing is not mechanical at all, and that consciousness (with assistance from plant and homeopathic remedies) can replace the need for pharmacological intervention in many, many respects.
Thank you for your incredibly significant work and effort.