Reply #17: whatever... whatever it takes to end the boring debate about gOD.. there is a function in the brain [View All]

[sam sarrha]

that automatically fills in the blank holes in perception that arise do to the mind not being able or designed to understand something.. sometimes before you can scratch your head and say Hmmmm??? the mind fills in the holes with whatever.. in this case just bullshit.. it just sounds good.

this is explained in the book 'A natural way to draw'.. perspective is an exp ample of this.. if you make a grid to look thru and make a grid on paper and connect the dots you 'see' thru the grid onto the paper.. of someone laying down with their feet toward you.. the drawing will suddenly show really BIG.. i mean REALLY BIG FEET.. it is NOT what you see.!! religion is the same process,.. it is just natural for the mind to smooth out the confusing wrinkles.. that is why the Christians are so against evolution.. they may evolve out of their ignorance and then what the hell would they do.. their time in delusion has not prepared them for the real world.. they cant think for them selves, that is a really scary thing to face..

i really feel for them.. Maybe in the future there will be a 12 step anonymous self help program for them..

after i had been meditating for 4 years.. during a group meditation at our Buddhist Group meeting, i had a universal revolation... Buddhism was sort of an A.A. group for people addicted to 'Conventional' thought.. Meditation was a system to train the mind to ignore the automatic alterations to reality it does automatically if you are not watching it.