Comments on: Discrimination Against the Gods http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/05/07/discrimination-against-the-gods/ Zen-Inspired Self Development Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:21:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Jerry http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/05/07/discrimination-against-the-gods/#comment-22212 Jerry Tue, 13 May 2008 19:39:44 +0000 http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/05/07/discrimination-against-the-gods/#comment-22212 My Dear Kenton, Very ironic this entry. How are you, my friend? Running thru the woods are you? Think of you now and then and always check this blog. Waiting for a word of wisdom from the gifted personification that is you. I have been wondering lately (for some reason) whether or not thought has matter. Or, is it mattter-less, having only the esoteric quality of spirit? What do you think? What is mind vs. brain? This may be 101 stuff to you and some of your readers, but I am unsure of this. Even as I write and think I wonder if there are electrons orbiting in my thoughts. Or, is it the essence of awareness where the timeless embodiment of non-duality resides? Now, go back to the woods and get me an answer. lol. Humbly, ~Jerry My Dear Kenton,

Very ironic this entry.

How are you, my friend? Running thru the woods are you? Think of you now and then and always check this blog. Waiting for a word of wisdom from the gifted personification that is you. I have been wondering lately (for some reason) whether or not thought has matter. Or, is it mattter-less, having only the esoteric quality of spirit? What do you think?
What is mind vs. brain? This may be 101 stuff to you and some of your readers, but I am unsure of this. Even as I write and think I wonder if there are electrons orbiting in my thoughts. Or, is it the essence of awareness where the timeless embodiment of non-duality resides?
Now, go back to the woods and get me an answer. lol.

Humbly,

~Jerry

]]> By: Kenton Whitman http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/05/07/discrimination-against-the-gods/#comment-22322 Kenton Whitman Thu, 15 May 2008 20:21:52 +0000 http://kentonwhitman.com/blog/2008/05/07/discrimination-against-the-gods/#comment-22322 Hello my friend! I'd put electrons and thoughts in the same category that I'd put people, rocks, and cars -- they are indeed 'things', mutually arising with the rest of the world, but all I've laid down in saying this are words and concepts. It's the awareness you spoke of that holds the real clue -- when the mind wants to figure out if such-and-such is made of this-or-that, or what any relationship truly means, it's just a matter of watching the mind and its playful wanderings. There is an answer to these questions, but it's not a word-answer -- it's much more clear than that, if we just turn our awareness onto our mind's dance. Hugs, Kenton Hello my friend!

I’d put electrons and thoughts in the same category that I’d put people, rocks, and cars — they are indeed ‘things’, mutually arising with the rest of the world, but all I’ve laid down in saying this are words and concepts. It’s the awareness you spoke of that holds the real clue — when the mind wants to figure out if such-and-such is made of this-or-that, or what any relationship truly means, it’s just a matter of watching the mind and its playful wanderings. There is an answer to these questions, but it’s not a word-answer — it’s much more clear than that, if we just turn our awareness onto our mind’s dance.

Hugs,
Kenton

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