What else ? Sorry, I missed the boat. Anyway, there is not a shred of objective evidence to support the view that we are other than bodies, but that will not stop those who think otherwise from dreaming up or quoting bizarre explanations.
by practice and practice has its foundation in theory at the moment you have the theory that the body is the final last issue of the self (its not a claim you can verify btw) ..... thus the issue of practice for you ends right there.
We're back at 'practice'.. ? Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! I thought you were going to explain.. I can verify it. There is no evidence whatsoever that the self survives corporal death. But you made the extraordinary claim, so you come up for evidence to the contrary.
I have to go now. Myles, you can take over if you want Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
and I thought you weren't apathetic Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Carl Sagan (amongst others) disagrees and lo and behold, evidence rests upon qualification ... which once again gets back to issues of practice (and the impossibility of it for one who is working with an alternative theory ...)
I take that to mean that if one does not agree with your initial premise, there is nothing more to talk about. In a nutshell, you have no evidenceto offer I suggested earlier that we are nothing more than bodies; there is no elan vital. Consciousness is mind-dependent; ask anyone who has been unconscious or checkwhat neuroscientists have to say about work with brain-damaged patients. So, I am offering you some evidence and can offer a lot more if necessary, with the added benefit that. unlike what you proclaim, there is no requirement to believe anything in advance. Anyone can evaluate such evidence. What have you got to offer by way of an explanation of what grounds your beliefs rest on ?
LG, if all you have to say is what you have said already you are not going to convince anyone. Even someone that desperately whats to see what you mean would get stuck almost immediately. Unless they choose to blindly believe you on your word of course..
The same goes for you - unless your insistence on evidence is met by an equal degree of willingness to apply yourself, what's the point? only if like you, they are reluctant to take up issues of practice even to successfully carry out the requirements for a junior chemistry set it is required that one take the manual instructions on good faith :shrug:
Ok, so let's have a manual and we can work out our own explanation with a bit of practice ( pun intended ) ,that is.
You are joking ? I have been told to read the Holy Bible for it explains how Jesus died to save readers of the heathen BG Repent, for you know not the day nor the hour !