Is Love An Illusion?

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May 30-2010:

Is Love An Illusion?

There are those who believe that it is, and have become cynical, ever since they claim to have been hurt too many times before. But was it truly love they felt? Or was it an emotional roller coaster they had?

Personally, I believe that to experience true love is a privilege. And most of us may never have that opportunity in this life. But for the few who do, they will know it is real, profound, and can never be erased from memory or feelings.

Because when you have experienced true love, you cannot hate that person, cannot lose it,and will cherish that experience for as long as you live, regardless of whether you are together or apart. Or whether the physical relationship or togetherness is still possible or necessary. These things cannot influence your love for that person, Period.

At What Age Is It Possible To Love?

I believe that when an individual reaches adolescence he/she should have the necessary mental and psychological maturity to determine what he/she feels for another is really true love, passion, lust, emotional security, dependence, or fantasy.

Of course, this will differ from person to person, depending on his/her emotional/psychological state of mind too. But 'ceteris paribus,' a matured individual or adult aught to recognize what is real, from what is fantasy or self-delusion.

Derryck.
NYC.

Can Consciousness Exist Outside The Brain?

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May 16-2010:

Can Consciousness Exist Outside The Brain?

Personally, I believe it does, for the following reasons:

Consciousness is that invisible element within humans that makes us aware of ourselves. We can identify ourselves as individuals within a group, mainstream society, or culture. The brain is like a computer that files away all impressions it receives via the eyes, ears, nose, mouth, or touch. All of these files are accessed automatically when we want to speak, or respond to anything, or some experience instantaneously.


This is so normal to most humans today that hardly anyone pays attention to it, unless some mental or neurological problem arises. Then we may seek professional help or advice. However, the consciousness is an invisible element. Unlike the brain which is a physical element within us. So when someone experiences 'Out Of Body Consciousness,' it is the brain having some confusion with accessing some of the files in memory storage, and have mis-interpreted some of those senses.

Therefore, what the eye sees, or does not see, and the brain interprets, or does not interpret correctly, may cause the individual to hear, see, or experience one of the above experiences, that hitherto resulted in someone being placed in a mental institution, burnt at the stake, or considered demon possessed.

Hindu Re-incarnation:

This philosophy subscribes to the view that one has to take several physical bodies in several life cycles, in order to cleanse himself/herself from all evil, or Bad Karma. And when he/she has finally done that, he/she will have attained Nirvana or Enlightenment, and will never have to take another physical body again.

This concept is just like the example 'Out Of Body Consciousness Where converts or followers, believes in this process, and will not see it as something to be feared, but something that comes with being human, or being in the process of eradicating Bad Karma.

Derryck.
NYC.