It kind of reaches a point were I think that so called "science" needs to give me a break with the amount of things its telling me dont really exist:-
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1780330073/ref=s9_newr_gw_g14_ir01?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-4&pf_rd_r=141Q7QSPJVNXWFVATDCD&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=467128133&pf_rd_i=468294
I wonder sometimes if its just the seemingly unassailable cultural ascendency of ideas such as a vague, "feeble buddhism" or consumer friendly spirituality impinging upon serious theoretical scientific investigation.
It could just be some kind of madness.
Most of us believe that we possess a self - an internal individual who resides inside our bodies, making decisions, authoring actions and possessing free will. The feeling that a single, unified, enduring self inhabits the body - the 'me' inside me - is compelling and inescapable. This is how we interact as a social animal and judge each other's actions and deeds. But that sovereignty of the self is increasingly under threat from science as our understanding of the brain advances. Rather than a single entity, the self is really a constellation of mechanisms and experiences that create the illusion of the internal you. We only emerge as a product of those around us as part of the different storylines we inhabit from the cot to the grave. It is an every changing character, created by the brain to provide a coherent interface between the multitude of internal processes and the external world demands that require different selves.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1780330073/ref=s9_newr_gw_g14_ir01?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-4&pf_rd_r=141Q7QSPJVNXWFVATDCD&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=467128133&pf_rd_i=468294
I wonder sometimes if its just the seemingly unassailable cultural ascendency of ideas such as a vague, "feeble buddhism" or consumer friendly spirituality impinging upon serious theoretical scientific investigation.
It could just be some kind of madness.