Comments for A Cookbook of Consciousness http://www.cookbookofconsciousness.com I am large, I contain multitudes - Walt Whitman Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:42:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Thomas Campbell, William Blake and John Lennon: A Strange Symbiosis by What is Evil? What is Good? | A Cookbook of Consciousness http://www.cookbookofconsciousness.com/2011/09/thomas-campbell-william-blake-john-lennon/#comment-700 What is Evil? What is Good? | A Cookbook of Consciousness Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:42:55 +0000 http://www.cookbookofconsciousness.com/?p=463#comment-700 [...] an earlier post, Thomas Campbell, William Blake and John Lennon: A Strange Symbiosis, I came to a similar conclusion. Tom Campbell is interesting to me because he is both a practising [...] [...] an earlier post, Thomas Campbell, William Blake and John Lennon: A Strange Symbiosis, I came to a similar conclusion. Tom Campbell is interesting to me because he is both a practising [...]

]]> Comment on David Icke vs Alfred Korzybski: the Matrices of Illusion by What is Evil? What is Good? | A Cookbook of Consciousness http://www.cookbookofconsciousness.com/2011/10/david-icke-vs-alfred-korzybski-matrix/#comment-699 What is Evil? What is Good? | A Cookbook of Consciousness Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:16:46 +0000 http://www.cookbookofconsciousness.com/?p=242#comment-699 [...] a previous post,  David Icke vs Alfred Korzybski (22 October 2011), I came to the conclusion that, “In my opinion, the more we explore the [...] [...] a previous post,  David Icke vs Alfred Korzybski (22 October 2011), I came to the conclusion that, “In my opinion, the more we explore the [...]

]]> Comment on Of Mice and Men and Empathy by What is Evil? What is Good? | A Cookbook of Consciousness http://www.cookbookofconsciousness.com/2012/01/of-mice-and-men-and-empathy/#comment-698 What is Evil? What is Good? | A Cookbook of Consciousness Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:12:52 +0000 http://www.cookbookofconsciousness.com/?p=687#comment-698 [...] A Cookbook of Consciousness I am large, I contain multitudes – Walt Whitman Skip to content HomeArticles and eBooksCannabinoids: Potential Anticancer Agents, by Manuel GuzmanThe Cancer FilesMy Guru Who Isn’t My GuruThe Crazy Wisdom of TDA LingoCosmic Consciousness, by RM Bucke – Free PDFSmall Is Beautiful, by EF Schumacher – Free DownloadSea of JoyThe Triune BrainThe Split BrainThe Holographic Brain ← Of Mice and Men and Empathy [...] [...] A Cookbook of Consciousness I am large, I contain multitudes – Walt Whitman Skip to content HomeArticles and eBooksCannabinoids: Potential Anticancer Agents, by Manuel GuzmanThe Cancer FilesMy Guru Who Isn’t My GuruThe Crazy Wisdom of TDA LingoCosmic Consciousness, by RM Bucke – Free PDFSmall Is Beautiful, by EF Schumacher – Free DownloadSea of JoyThe Triune BrainThe Split BrainThe Holographic Brain ← Of Mice and Men and Empathy [...]

]]> Comment on Of Mice and Men and Empathy by Rob http://www.cookbookofconsciousness.com/2012/01/of-mice-and-men-and-empathy/#comment-672 Rob Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:07:15 +0000 http://www.cookbookofconsciousness.com/?p=687#comment-672 Actually, James, your reply was more helpful than I realised at the time. If I was a rat, I imagine I would go about my business instinctively. Whether or not I was conscious on a "higher" level is beside the point. I certainly wouldn't waste my time getting caught up in the illusion that my thoughts about good and evil had any bearing on doing the right thing. Actually, James, your reply was more helpful than I realised at the time. If I was a rat, I imagine I would go about my business instinctively. Whether or not I was conscious on a “higher” level is beside the point. I certainly wouldn’t waste my time getting caught up in the illusion that my thoughts about good and evil had any bearing on doing the right thing.

]]> Comment on Of Mice and Men and Empathy by Rob http://www.cookbookofconsciousness.com/2012/01/of-mice-and-men-and-empathy/#comment-671 Rob Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:39:59 +0000 http://www.cookbookofconsciousness.com/?p=687#comment-671 Thanks, James. I'm the first to admit that I'm caught up in maya. If I weren't, I wouldn't be here. I'm not concerned with a higher purpose. I'm concerned with the systematic infliction of suffering on other "illusory" beings. In my illusory world, I see acts of selfishness and anger all the time (and commit them), but they don't fit into my personal definition of evil. Evil is a bunch of people sitting down and planning a strategy for the destabilisation and destruction of a nation for the sake of profit and power. Someone else said that evil is a human concept. I didn't really get his point. Saying that evil is a human concept is another human concept, and so it goes. Some things are felt viscerally and are not dependent on words or concepts. Hence a rat knows that helping out his fellow rat is the right thing to do. Even Darwin saw the survival benefit of that, so God is not necessary. Anyway, I get your point and thanks again. Thanks, James. I’m the first to admit that I’m caught up in maya. If I weren’t, I wouldn’t be here. I’m not concerned with a higher purpose. I’m concerned with the systematic infliction of suffering on other “illusory” beings. In my illusory world, I see acts of selfishness and anger all the time (and commit them), but they don’t fit into my personal definition of evil. Evil is a bunch of people sitting down and planning a strategy for the destabilisation and destruction of a nation for the sake of profit and power. Someone else said that evil is a human concept. I didn’t really get his point. Saying that evil is a human concept is another human concept, and so it goes. Some things are felt viscerally and are not dependent on words or concepts. Hence a rat knows that helping out his fellow rat is the right thing to do. Even Darwin saw the survival benefit of that, so God is not necessary.

Anyway, I get your point and thanks again.

]]> Comment on Of Mice and Men and Empathy by James Walker http://www.cookbookofconsciousness.com/2012/01/of-mice-and-men-and-empathy/#comment-669 James Walker Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:21:01 +0000 http://www.cookbookofconsciousness.com/?p=687#comment-669 The "problem of evil" is traditionally taken to include animal suffering as well as moral evil inflicted by humans on each other. It is only a problem if you believe that the universe was created by God, or has some other higher purpose which is supposed to be "good". If you take the view of the Vedanta ("maya"), some higher forms of Buddhism, and A Course in Miracles, there is no evil except in the imaginations of our minds. And, as Nietzsche pointed out, there is no "good either" (Beyond Good and Evil) and certainly no God either in the traditional sense ("God is dead"). I think along those lines. The “problem of evil” is traditionally taken to include animal suffering as well as moral evil inflicted by humans on each other. It is only a problem if you believe that the universe was created by God, or has some other higher purpose which is supposed to be “good”. If you take the view of the Vedanta (“maya”), some higher forms of Buddhism, and A Course in Miracles, there is no evil except in the imaginations of our minds. And, as Nietzsche pointed out, there is no “good either” (Beyond Good and Evil) and certainly no God either in the traditional sense (“God is dead”). I think along those lines.

]]> Comment on Of Mice and Men and Empathy by Tess http://www.cookbookofconsciousness.com/2012/01/of-mice-and-men-and-empathy/#comment-659 Tess Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:34:35 +0000 http://www.cookbookofconsciousness.com/?p=687#comment-659 Outstanding read! Well worth reflecting on. And, of course, one can see the eyes of any animal. They tell their story. Outstanding read! Well worth reflecting on. And, of course, one can see the eyes of any animal. They tell their story.

]]> Comment on The Battle of the Brains by My Opinion Debunked, a Political Rant and More! | A Cookbook of Consciousness http://www.cookbookofconsciousness.com/2012/01/the-battle-of-the-brains/#comment-629 My Opinion Debunked, a Political Rant and More! | A Cookbook of Consciousness Sun, 22 Jan 2012 02:35:46 +0000 http://www.cookbookofconsciousness.com/?p=669#comment-629 [...] my second-last post, The Battle of the Brains, I wrote: At the beginning of this post I promised you a possible way to end the battle of the [...] [...] my second-last post, The Battle of the Brains, I wrote: At the beginning of this post I promised you a possible way to end the battle of the [...]

]]> Comment on An Objective Look at Medical Marijuana by Bas Freewheeler http://www.cookbookofconsciousness.com/2011/12/an-objective-look-at-medical-marijuana/#comment-605 Bas Freewheeler Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:59:13 +0000 http://www.cookbookofconsciousness.com/?p=598#comment-605 The combined powers of the pharmaceutical industry, the tobacco industry and the alcohol industry have to be broken in order to legalize marihuana. But when that step has been taken, our costs of medicine will drop dramatically, since most diseases and physical weaknesses were caused by tobacco and alcohol. Check the Freewheelers special at Artistfirst.com and hear the deejay say it. The combined powers of the pharmaceutical industry, the tobacco industry and the alcohol industry have to be broken in order to legalize marihuana. But when that step has been taken, our costs of medicine will drop dramatically, since most diseases and physical weaknesses were caused by tobacco and alcohol.
Check the Freewheelers special at Artistfirst.com and hear the deejay say it.

]]> Comment on Were the Pyramids Built by Aliens? by Rob http://www.cookbookofconsciousness.com/2012/01/were-the-pyramids-built-by-aliens/#comment-601 Rob Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:54:12 +0000 http://www.cookbookofconsciousness.com/?p=673#comment-601 I missed your smiley. Yes, humour is one of our finest achievements! What a cosmic schmuck I am! Before, I was smiling with smug self-satisfaction - now I'm laughing!! Thanks! I missed your smiley. Yes, humour is one of our finest achievements! What a cosmic schmuck I am! Before, I was smiling with smug self-satisfaction – now I’m laughing!! Thanks!

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