That
being said and taking my little straw through which to see and flashlight to
light my way, I went to look behind Oz’s curtain.
One
of the human anatomy lab classes I had required me to dissect, with three lab
partners, a human body. That experience was one of Dr. Phil’s “life changing
moments” for me. I was in the lab every extra minute I had. I don’t think I did very well in
that 8:00 am anatomy lecture; but, I got an "A" in that lab.
She
was a 96 year old woman who passed from heart/lung issues. She gave her
physical remains so I could learn of what stuff we are made. This was one of
the most serious and formative educational experiences I ever experienced. She
was from LA and smoked 80 of those 96 years. With respect and great care we located
and evaluated each of her parts down to the smallest detail. All of her parts
were there. Why did she stop working? Hell, why did she work in the first
place?
Life
brings a quality to the matter it manifests; a quality that is greater than the
sum of its parts. It is a capability to resist decaying into equilibrium.
What
is it that resists? The living cell is the seat of life. We see the effects of life; but, where is the life itself? Is it the DNA? Well,
no, it isn’t. DNA doesn’t think. DNA is the cells parts store; and, an
automated parts store at that. If not the DNA, where are the “brains” of the
cell? Where else in the cell could the controller be? The work of Dr. Bruce Lipton has shown the brain of the cell is actually the membrane (cell wall), within which the living cell contains its components. There are resources, structures and molecular machines within. No sign of a choice maker, only choice implementers.
Epigenetic:
As
it turns out, control is not in any living cell at all. Control comes from the context within which the cell resides. It's the environment that directs the mechanism that is the cell.
I've loved physics all my life. Was a member of a national award winning physics club in high school. I
remember Uncle Al once said:
The
influence of the field, the environment or context is not just the water in
which we swim, it is the determining agent in every action we do, all the way down to the cellular level and beyond. This is true
on every scale. Now, a touch of humor.
There are tons of tools in this post.
So, can I be responsible for my non-concious actions or words? Am I responsible for the non-concious crime I commit? Or the non-concious hurtful words I utter? May I use non-conciousness as an excuse? And then, must I apologize for these actions or words? "I don't know what I was thinking", may be indeed true, but I don't believe that anyone deserves to be spoken to badly or treated badly just because another was being "non-conscious".
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment. The short answer is YES. In our system of justice in the USA, the individual is responsible for their actions to a point. That's the point you make and what lawyers argue about everyday. Research indicates that no more than 5% of our waking life is guided by consciousness. The October post (Just Say No), shows the brains only input into an action or continuum is VETO. Individual people engage with their environment and play the learned actions in responding to that environment. My blog hopes to illuminate solutions for effecting change in the environment as well as inside the individual not well trained in life. All illusion works for a reason. If you know that reason, the illusion becomes a tool.
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