tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512200.post1951288462405911400..comments2024-02-05T07:49:38.601-08:00Comments on <big><big>The Gyromantic Informicon</big></big>: Mind and BrainDavid the Gyromancerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05251493765196671229noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512200.post-69906536002714089792009-08-24T10:04:51.716-07:002009-08-24T10:04:51.716-07:00I have wrestled with the brain-mind connection and...I have wrestled with the brain-mind connection and still haven't arrived to a completely satisfactory answer. I can't get away from the notion that the brain functions as the mind's circuit board. For example, I really couldn't make any progress with meditation and the work of changing my mind until I began taking anti-depressants. Now, it is clear to me that brain chemistry is the physical manifestation of our minds; but I can't account for the fact that to some extent works in reverse. I.e., if brain chemistry is adminstered some kind of balancing agent, then the mind can then benefit from the work of Lojong, and so forth. Particularly problematic is the scourge of something like alzheimer's or any other neurological degeneration that seems to compromise the mind. Under those conditions, is the mind leaving the body gradually? Is Karma at play in the apparent decay of the mind along with the brain? Geshe-la does say that the mind doesn't necessarily leave the body all at once, but can make a gradual exit through a number of different "doors." But this is an aspect of body-mind connection that I find a little bit sticky.<br />Martin BooeUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00268119794209873951noreply@blogger.com