MarkMe
25 January 2011, 05:40 PM
Hi,
This appears to be part introduction, but also a list of points I would want to raise on this topic, which goes into the topic of the dharma. I noticed my spellchecker thinks dharma is misspelled, but it got misspelled right.
Four points that I have organized in my mind since March of last year...
1) I would like to thank the Hindu Dharma schools for staying alive all of these years, dating back to the ancient writings of the Vedas and the Upanishads. This has made the dharma available to me. I would like to thank my teacher and a student of Swami Shyam, Zebulon (Gregory St. Onge), for putting me on the path back in 1989.
I encountered my dharma teacher as a neighbor in Stowe, Vermont in 1989. At first, I recall wanting to give this man the voice of reason in his day, but after a few weeks the things he had been saying began making sense. I took my place as his student. After a few months of this relationship passed, Zeb and I parted ways (for others of life’s callings), I continued to pursue the dharma, independently, from then until March of 2010. In looking back, I would say that contributions to this end have come primarily in philosophy (critical thinking), with major contributions from comedy, neurosis, work, the right attitude and desire, and with a little help from an unsolvable puzzle I made as a kid (Boardwalk).
2) Speaking to science… Stated in Sanskrit as chit jada granthi, the “personal self” has been available to readers as a general concept for many years, but have scientific parties considered it more specifically as a function of the human brain? Both my philosophy and my experience tell me that chit jada granthi is supported within the physical brain, as where rules and concepts are bundled into an internal, first-person thinker and point of perspective, secondary to the awareness-self. This internalized thinker is more specific than mind altogether. This bundle can become untied, after which the personal self function will no longer occur.
We could call this a “governor (function)” for the physical organism. I would hypothesize, as I have read hypothesized by others before me, that this function provides a need for its own satisfaction, or drive at all times, as well as feelings distinctly sourced by the interaction of concepts within itself. These mechanisms are hypothesized to provide stimuli to the governor for the survival of the physical organism, during its period of development after birth - a matter of which the awareness-self and an undeveloped anatomy would too easily miss, doing so with earthly intelligence. (Note: Anatomy herein is body and mind)
When the governor is satisfied, it ends itself, after which the awareness-self steps in. All other function continues without a governor function. I think scientific discovery of this function would benefit everyone, and I offer my body as one who has no personal self for agreeable assistance to that end.
3) As a seeker, I once read “don’t take the path of the philosopher”, but it didn’t say why. For years I would revolve around that question. I would like to add to that: Thinking doesn’t address the anatomy. Without personal self is without its need or inclination. Where I would call awareness-self “A-sided” and manifest existence “E-sided”, I would say that since I solved the puzzle but didn’t well address my anatomy, I find myself very E-sided. I would recommend to anyone a worthy address of the anatomy and a more A-sided habit and experience (with their inclinations).
4) As a student, I had not heard of ordinary enlightened beings; just teachers, what they taught and their schools. On the heels of my own development, I found myself not intending to be a teacher, or to have a school. I have dedicated my anatomy to the work of my predecessor – my personal self, on civil infrastructure. I’m glad, after looking up on the ‘Net, to see that regular enlightened folks appear to be recognized in India. I hadn’t heard of that and I’m glad to say it’s true. In fact, I didn’t well recognize matters outside of solving the puzzle. Now I have the opportunity to separate the large role played by one’s anatomy, as well as a good sight how important it is to purify, such as with mental and physical disciplines, a.k.a. good habits, and to develop as an exemplary being. Meditation also makes more sense now than it did before.
I am enjoying the great bounty of actuality in day-to-day living, which makes life seem wonderful, albeit less A-sided, where one might be blissing awareness most of the time. I’ll probably have some spin and be in E. I’ll be doing work, and maybe I’ll be the right person for the job. That usage of “person” is a departure from above, where I have no personal self, so I am going to refer to myself as a person anyways. We’ve all got body, mind and spirit, so that will mean I can rub off on you as a person, or in those ways.
Cheers –
Mark
This appears to be part introduction, but also a list of points I would want to raise on this topic, which goes into the topic of the dharma. I noticed my spellchecker thinks dharma is misspelled, but it got misspelled right.
Four points that I have organized in my mind since March of last year...
1) I would like to thank the Hindu Dharma schools for staying alive all of these years, dating back to the ancient writings of the Vedas and the Upanishads. This has made the dharma available to me. I would like to thank my teacher and a student of Swami Shyam, Zebulon (Gregory St. Onge), for putting me on the path back in 1989.
I encountered my dharma teacher as a neighbor in Stowe, Vermont in 1989. At first, I recall wanting to give this man the voice of reason in his day, but after a few weeks the things he had been saying began making sense. I took my place as his student. After a few months of this relationship passed, Zeb and I parted ways (for others of life’s callings), I continued to pursue the dharma, independently, from then until March of 2010. In looking back, I would say that contributions to this end have come primarily in philosophy (critical thinking), with major contributions from comedy, neurosis, work, the right attitude and desire, and with a little help from an unsolvable puzzle I made as a kid (Boardwalk).
2) Speaking to science… Stated in Sanskrit as chit jada granthi, the “personal self” has been available to readers as a general concept for many years, but have scientific parties considered it more specifically as a function of the human brain? Both my philosophy and my experience tell me that chit jada granthi is supported within the physical brain, as where rules and concepts are bundled into an internal, first-person thinker and point of perspective, secondary to the awareness-self. This internalized thinker is more specific than mind altogether. This bundle can become untied, after which the personal self function will no longer occur.
We could call this a “governor (function)” for the physical organism. I would hypothesize, as I have read hypothesized by others before me, that this function provides a need for its own satisfaction, or drive at all times, as well as feelings distinctly sourced by the interaction of concepts within itself. These mechanisms are hypothesized to provide stimuli to the governor for the survival of the physical organism, during its period of development after birth - a matter of which the awareness-self and an undeveloped anatomy would too easily miss, doing so with earthly intelligence. (Note: Anatomy herein is body and mind)
When the governor is satisfied, it ends itself, after which the awareness-self steps in. All other function continues without a governor function. I think scientific discovery of this function would benefit everyone, and I offer my body as one who has no personal self for agreeable assistance to that end.
3) As a seeker, I once read “don’t take the path of the philosopher”, but it didn’t say why. For years I would revolve around that question. I would like to add to that: Thinking doesn’t address the anatomy. Without personal self is without its need or inclination. Where I would call awareness-self “A-sided” and manifest existence “E-sided”, I would say that since I solved the puzzle but didn’t well address my anatomy, I find myself very E-sided. I would recommend to anyone a worthy address of the anatomy and a more A-sided habit and experience (with their inclinations).
4) As a student, I had not heard of ordinary enlightened beings; just teachers, what they taught and their schools. On the heels of my own development, I found myself not intending to be a teacher, or to have a school. I have dedicated my anatomy to the work of my predecessor – my personal self, on civil infrastructure. I’m glad, after looking up on the ‘Net, to see that regular enlightened folks appear to be recognized in India. I hadn’t heard of that and I’m glad to say it’s true. In fact, I didn’t well recognize matters outside of solving the puzzle. Now I have the opportunity to separate the large role played by one’s anatomy, as well as a good sight how important it is to purify, such as with mental and physical disciplines, a.k.a. good habits, and to develop as an exemplary being. Meditation also makes more sense now than it did before.
I am enjoying the great bounty of actuality in day-to-day living, which makes life seem wonderful, albeit less A-sided, where one might be blissing awareness most of the time. I’ll probably have some spin and be in E. I’ll be doing work, and maybe I’ll be the right person for the job. That usage of “person” is a departure from above, where I have no personal self, so I am going to refer to myself as a person anyways. We’ve all got body, mind and spirit, so that will mean I can rub off on you as a person, or in those ways.
Cheers –
Mark