Yup!. But a case in point that demonstrates the many of the oldest myths have a kernel of truth. IN this case the simple fact that the neural matter in the heart responds to emotional stimuli.Dontaskme wrote: ↑Sat Jul 30, 2022 9:36 amI agree, and well said, the heart was ''high'' jacked-up by the religious freaks into an idol of worship, where this self idolatry was idolised to be divine, even though there is no self here to idolise. The apparent self can never know it has a heart except what is imagined, made up via the capacity to conceptualise what has never been seen, except as a concept known.Sculptor wrote: ↑Sat Jul 30, 2022 8:16 amWhatever "spirit", "soul", "mind" or "essence" might be all the evidence points to the simple fact that the phenomena that we attribute to the idea is generated by a functioning human body, particularly the brain and associated matter such as the neural matter that extends to the heart and digestive system.Dontaskme wrote: ↑Sat Jul 30, 2022 5:49 am
Yes Sculptor, I totally agree with you.
I personally inquired into the nature of selfhood, listening to the words of many spiritual gurus because I was always troubled at the thought of an imposed individual ''I'' that was somehow separated from universe. Insofar as I was conditioned to believe that there was an I here, who was separated by another I there. This ''I'' was a notion that was indoctrinated into me from birth, and it always troubled me, as it felt so wrong, the idea there was an ''I'' inside my head never made any sense to me personally.
It was far easier for me to settle for the wholeness of reality, than to believe it had automonous working separate parts called individual people which after much contemplation turned out to be an illusion.
Religious belief of substance dualism came about when consciousness became so profound and powerful that it artificially separated itself from the rest of nature. But all was not lost, because the same consciousness that branched off from it's roots was able to repair the breach.
And there is not one scrap of evidence that the mind can exist without that physical structure, but is wholly dependant on its functioning.
It is worth thinking about that people who have had heart transplants can acquire characteristics from the donor heart. Although, hard to prove, hosts of new hearts have reported liking things that their donors used to like in their lifetimes with enough force to ask their surgeons to know more about the likes and dislikes of their donors.
The human heart carries a significant amount of brain matter. The idea of a "heart felt" emotion is more accurate than we ever knew.
.. Then, people add the mumbo-jumbo.
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