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Instict is not consciousness -not even a low level of it- . - jesed
Consciousness as mental phenomena is the subject of research on philosophy of mind, psychology, neuroscience, cognitive science etc. All those studies accept that some level of brain evolution is needed before consciousness can be developed.
Consciousness also seems to require that the organism not be taking a nap.
OTOH... while taking a nap, you may experience dreams as a tool to bring issues into consciousness. But... consciounsness start while dreaming or only when you recall the dream?
Indeed! I'm with you here.Projection can be a gift of insight, as well as a psychological malady. All art, for example, is projection. Isn't divination projection also?
There is a lot of common fear of 'Bible' and biblical related discussion.
No. In no post I have say that moth has consciunsness. Where do you read such thing? And if you hadn't, why you say so?You seem to be clinging to the notion that a moth has consciousness, an idea which you yourself introduced and are fighting against at the same time ... what?
I haven't say it is MERLY a matter of brain development. I do say that some level of brain development is needed. That's not the same.If consciousness were merely a matter of brain development, then at which point does it ignite and which is it exterminated, when the brain dies?
I agree with you in this.bradford, I am sorry for you that you can only see icky in the bible. There is a lot that is curious, to be sure. But I don't advocate throwing out the baby with the bath water, even if you have had some bad experiences.
bradford, I am sorry for you that you can only see icky in the bible. There is a lot that is curious, to be sure. But I don't advocate throwing out the baby with the bath water, even if you have had some bad experiences.
For the most part the Bible is just a guidebook for a culture too incompetent to cross a small desert in less than 40 years, led by a paranoiac with delusions of grandeur and persecution.
Crossing the river on the backs of sacred cows is precarious, no matter which cow is relied upon. But to compare cows seems not a difficult thing. Someone hungry for understanding will discover answers in either place, and can as easily get stuck there. The point is to nourish and continue on.
I've gotten a lot of great images and stories from the Bible, and I have lots of respect for it, just not the same kind as a fundamentalist would have. I refer to it/research it at least a couple times a week, and almost always in association with a Yi reading or conversation. The comparisons are all over the place. Life lessons aren't limited to any one particular culture. We'll find them anywhere if we look for them.
Somebody grants one ten (matched) pairs of tortoise shells
(One) can not refuse
Enduring commitment (is) promising
The Sovereign presents offerings to the divine
Promising
Someone's increase. Ten pairs of tortoise shells cannot oppose it. A long range determination is auspicious. The king presents an offering to the Supreme Being. Auspicious.
And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year. (Deu 7 and 14)
Jhn 4:24 God is Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.
Clarity,
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