The dark side I sense in you Brian, when about
Mr Chopra you think. However, about cosmic
cosmic consciousness you must learn - hhmmmmmhhh.
The Man in the Sky, an amusing test he prepared
for you. Between Mr Erwin and Mr Deepak thoughts,
can the difference you tell?
Thirty-three quotes this test has; Erwin’s
words some quotes are, Deepak’s words other
quotes are. In famous works of art, thirty-three
disguised celebrities shall be - Master Yoda
included too. All the quotes they shall read.
If this test you fail, down into a big black
hole you go and crushed into a pulp you will.
That is the way of the Force.
However, if the test you pass, a cosmic consciousness
intensive course with Mr Deepak you shall
receive. A good incentive this should be.
Whatever you do, remember this you must. Do
or do not; there is no try. Good luck Brian
– hhmmmmmhhh!
You – and all other conscious beings as
such – are all in all. Hence this life of
yours which you are living is not merely a
piece of the entire existence, but is in a
certain sense the whole.
Now, here comes the next quote: At the core
of existence, consciousness operates with
no separation of observer, observed, and the
process of observation. They come as a three-in-one
package. The fallacy all along was to assume
that the observer could be erased from the
picture. He can’t.
A moderately satisfying picture of the world
has only been reached at the high price of
taking ourselves out of the picture, stepping
back into the role of a non-concerned observer.
The material world has only been constructed
at the price of taking the self, that is,
mind, out of it.
The unconscious reactive mind has very little
strength or power. Regarding the overall philosophical
question of free will – I don’t think
the dichotomy of free will or determinism
accurately captures the essence of our experience
of reality. God bless you Brian!
Living matter, while not eluding the laws
of physics as established up to date, is likely
to involve other laws of physics. Boo boo
bee doo, woo!
Alright, alright, alright… I guess it’s
my turn now. The quote goes like this: I — I
in the widest meaning of the word, that is
to say, every conscious mind that has ever
said or felt 'I' — am the person, if any,
who controls the 'motion of the atoms' according
to the Laws of Nature.
Oh just get that bloody hand off your mouth
when you speak so we can all understand you,
will you? Right… Next quote, here it goes:
Mathematics expresses values that reflect
the cosmos, including orderliness, balance,
harmony, logic, and abstract beauty.
Dear members of the Interwebs, the quote goes
like this… Consciousness is the meeting
place between perception and reality. Consciousness
is the meeting place between perception and
reality. No cheating, Brian.
Consciousness is a singular of which the plural
is unknown. There is only one thing and that
which seems to be a plurality is merely a
series of different aspects of this one thing,
produced by a deception: the Indian Maya.
What the hell am I saying mate…? Somebody
spiked me rum… Savvy!
Once we ask, ‘Who am I?’ it becomes evident
that ‘reality as given’ doesn't suffice.
The prejudice that science holds against all
subjectivity is the result of Maya-based thinking.
Having placed its trust in ‘reality as given’,
science overlooks the self-evident fact that
nothing can be experienced without consciousness.
Although I think that life may be the result
of an accident, I do not think that of consciousness.
Consciousness cannot be accounted for in physical
terms. For consciousness is absolutely fundamental.
It cannot be accounted for in terms of anything
else.
Fundamental consciousness is. Only in consciousness
the world exists.
There is obviously only one alternative, namely
the unification of minds or consciousness.
Their multiplicity is only apparent, in truth
there is only one mind. R2-D2, you and I are
one and the same! Isn’t that extraordinary?!
(bleeping sounds)
You can throw yourself flat on the ground,
stretched out upon Mother Earth, with certain
conviction that you are one with her and she
with you… For eternally and always there
is only now, one and the same now; the present
is the only thing that has no end. May the
Force be with you, Brian.
Hhrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaeerrrr
Thoughts, feelings, memories, perceptions,
sensations… They are the sum total of everything
that we call reality.
Situations seem to happen to people, but in
reality, they unfold from deeper karmic causes.
The universe unfolds to itself, bringing to
bear any cause that needs to be included.
The world is a construct of our sensations,
perceptions, memories. It is convenient to
regard it as existing objectively on its own.
But it certainly does not become manifest
by its mere existence.
The multiplicity is only apparent. The mystical
experience of the union with God regularly
leads to this view, unless strong prejudices
stand in the way. Prejudice is a trap. It’s
a trap. It’s a trap… It’s a trap!!
Nirvana is a state of pure blissful knowledge...
It has nothing to do with the individual.
The ego or its separation is an illusion.
Indeed in a certain sense two ‘I’s are
identical namely when one disregards all special
contents - their Karma.
Ha ha ha ha! Yeah… Each of us has the indisputable
impression that the sum total of our own experience
and memory forms a unit, quite distinct from
that of any other person. He refers to it
as 'I'. What is this 'I’? What is this 'I’,
damn it!! If you analyse it closely you will,
I think, find that it is a little bit more
than a collection of single data (experiences
and memories), namely the canvas upon which
they are all collected. I just blew your mind
there, didn’t I? Ha ha ha ha! Yeah, I totally
did… I’ll be Bach!
Hi guys! Well here I am, stuck in an old painting.
Can you believe it? Ha ha ha ha! aaaaaaaahhhhh!
I better read the (bleep) quote, right? The
brain operates in time and space, having linear
thoughts that are the endpoint of a selective
filtering process. So whatever is outside
time and space is inconceivable - unfiltered
reality would probably blow the brain's circuits,
or simply be blanked out. Ok, is that it then?
Can I take my tits out now? I just want my
tits to be out, you know what I mean? Aaaaaaaahhhhh…
… they want two people to go for a pint
with! Hahahahaha! Who said this? ‘I’ usually
refers to someone inside your skin, but it
cannot be located the way the brain, liver
and heart can be located. So assuming that
‘I’ is inside your body is just that - an
assumption - not provable as fact. Hmmmmmhhhh
That’s bollocks! Hahahahahahahahah! (cough)
We’ve got used to localising the conscious
personality inside a person's head. It’s
very difficult for us to take stock of the
fact that the localisation of the personality,
of the conscious mind, inside the body is
only symbolic, just an aid for practical use.
Look, you cannot find the location of the
one who decides to move your arm, ok? Now,
you can find in the brain the execution of
the command, but not the one who decides to
move the arm, ok?
There is no sight or sound 'out there' in
the world. No touch or taste, no beauty or
ugliness, no sensation of light or objects.
All these things are created in subjectivity,
which is to say, they exist only in consciousness.
Well, that’s interesting, isn’t it? He
he he he he…
Oh hello! Here comes another one! Colour and
sound, hot and cold are our immediate sensations;
small wonder that they are lacking in a world
model from which they have removed our own
mental person. The sensation of colour cannot
be accounted for by the physicist’s objective
picture of light-waves. Good eh?!
If you take a sufficient dose of an active
compound it will deliver itself to you on
the money. If it doesn’t work, take more…
Once you realise you are interconnected with
everything else, there is no going back. You
are part of an unfolding reality that is larger
than human understanding. You exist in eternity
and are never alone. As (bleep) once said:
No self is of itself alone. It has a long
chain of intellectual ancestors. The ‘I’
is chained to ancestry by many factors…
This is not mere allegory, but an eternal
memory.
Hello everyone, it’s really good to be here!
It’s just such a blessing, and it’s really
awesome. So thank you, thank you for having
me… Ok, so here’s the quote: The observing
mind is not a physical system. Sensations
and thoughts do not belong to the world of
energy. That’s like so awesome. Reading
quotes is, like, my passion… I feel so humbled,
like, really humbled, you know what I mean?
Rah rah ah-ah-ah! Ro mah ro-mah-mah Gaga oh-la-la!
Here goes my quote, rah!! Subject and object
are only one. I think my wig might now be
falling down… This is my quote! Blah blah
blah, this is my quote… raaaah!! The barrier
between them cannot be said to have broken
down as a result of recent experience… Po
po po poker face po po poker face!
Oh baby, memory creates the illusion of continuity.
Oh Brian baby, I think I forgot my quote,
oh yeah... I hope it goes like this, yeah…
Both you and the Universe are born anew yeah,
every single moment, yes we are!
The scientific picture of the real world around
me is deficient. It gives a lot of factual
information, puts all our experience in a
magnificently consistent order, but it is
ghastly silent about all and sundry that is
really near to our heart, that really matters
to us. It cannot tell us a word about red
and blue, bitter and sweet, physical pain
and physical delight; it knows nothing of
beautiful and ugly, good or bad, God and eternity.
Science sometimes pretends to answer questions
in these domains, but the answers are very
often so silly that we are not inclined to
take them seriously.
If my time calculations are correct, it is
now my turn to give you a quote. Who said
this? Science filters out and discards a huge
portion of human experience - almost everything
one would classify as subjective. Its model
of external reality, the cornerstone of Newtonian
physics, is as selective as the model which
shapes a religious or metaphysical reality.
Classical science does of course offer huge
successes in our interactions with the objects
around us and is built on methods that are
repeatable. But still, these methods do not
give us the full reality, only filtered representations
of reality. Wait a minute, who stole my radiation
suit? Aaarrrrghh Damn! Brian Cox!! Where’s
that kid?!?
Your suit has been stolen? Pull my finger
and I’ll find it for you!
(fart sound)
We have now reached the end of the test. I
hope that all my dear celebrity assistants
have made it a bit more enjoyable and entertaining
for you. Perhaps now would be the right time
to re-evaluate some of our prejudices and
to consider ideas that we would not otherwise…
(kicking, falling and crashing sound)
Who on Earth was that guy? I’ll show him
who’s boss here! (clears throat) Now, where
was I? Oh yes… Some call it cosmic consciousness,
some call it God. I wonder… Is there room
for God in the world of scientific materialism?
Perhaps - as someone once said… No personal
god can form part of a world model that has
only become accessible at the cost of removing
everything personal from it. We know, when
God is experienced, this is an event as real
as an immediate sense perception or as one’s
own personality. Like them he must be missing
in the space-time picture. Good luck with
the test, Brian. See you at the other side
of the black hole, I guess. Oh yeah….
The cat’s beat me to it! (bursts out laughing)
 
