> Tim Rhodes wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 14 Oct 1997, David McFadzean wrote:
> >
> > > I said it can be logical (consciously rational) and that it is
> logical
> > > (insofar as emotions are parational).
> >
> > Are emotions parational? If so, why the endless historic
> emotions/logic
> > duality?
> >
> > -Prof. Tim
>
> I am glad you bring up dualism. I have often wondered if our apparant
>
> need to cast things as black or white has to do with our bicameral
> brain. Perhaps there are aliens out there who have quadcameral
> brains.
> I wonder what their philosophy would consist of....
>
> A long time ago I read a book about the bicameral mind. It postulated
>
> that somewhere in our past the linkages between our left and right
> hemisphere was less developed and that this explained visions and
> other
> so called supernatural events.
>
> BTW... I certainly do not believe in the supernatural. Everything
> IMHO
> is natural... including God. It is only our insistance on dualism
> that
> contributes to our delusions about our separate nature.
>
> I remain unified....
>
> Marie
Marie,
I got an answer for everything, mostly wrong but still an answer.
There are several chemicals that the mind makes specifically to cause
hallucinations. Seratonin has lots of uses, but can do this. Your brain
also make DMT (DiMethylTryptamine I think) which is a VERY serious
hallucinogen. The brain is full of them. In combination wit a seizure,
or even a waking twilight sleep, hallucinations do occur, in all of us.
As for dualism, I believe that this is taught by our society, and
religions. I do not hink that there is an underlying physical reason,
but there may be.
Sodom
Bill Roh