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"Where conscious subjectivity is concerned, there is no distinction between the observation and the thing observed."
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"Where conscious subjectivity is concerned, there is no distinction between the observation and the thing observed."
Consciousness
"I want to block some common misunderstandings about "understanding": In many of these discussions one finds a lot of fancy footwork about the word "understanding.""
Understanding
"There are clear cases in which "understanding" literally applies and clear cases in which it does not apply; and these two sorts of cases are all I need for this argument."
Argument
"Berkeley had a liberal element in the student body who tended to be quite active. I think that's in general a feature of intellectually active places."
Body
"My car and my adding machine understand nothing: they are not in that line of business."
Business
"Whatever is referred to must exist. Let us call this the axiom of existence."
Existence
"We often attribute 'understanding' and other cognitive predicates by metaphor and analogy to cars, adding machines, and other artifacts, but nothing is proved by such attributions."
Philosophy
"I will argue that in the literal sense the programmed computer understands what the car and the adding machine understand, namely, exactly nothing."
Car
"Where questions of style and exposition are concerned I try to follow a simple maxim: if you can't say it clearly you don't understand it yourself."
Question
"An utterance can have Intentionality, just as a belief has Intentionality, but whereas the Intentionality of the belief is intrinsic the Intentionality of the utterance is derived."
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"There is no reality except the one contained within us."
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Personal Development
"Fears and lies intensify consciousness."
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Personal Development
"From all aspects of human perception, you truly are your brain."
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Personal Development
"Latent brain functions can be enabled by force majeure when we are facing the weirdness of an unknown reality."
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Personal Development
"All states of consciousness, no matter how mystical, ecstatic or divine, are gloriously born through the protoplasmic activity of the brain."
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Personal Development
"Observing the stream of eternal and simple truth is the same for all who look upon the fountainhead of consciousness."
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Personal Development
"Peace and love are just as contagious as anger and fear. Your mindset affects the people around you and perpetually changes the world. The question is - what kind of world are you creating? What new society are you thinking into existence?"
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Personal Development
"Because this business of becoming conscious, of being a writer, is ultimately about asking yourself, How alive am I willing to be?"
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Personal Development
"That which is capable of perceiving objective reality is, in Sufism, the human soul (ruh)."
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Personal Development
"The level of consciousness determines the deepness of thoughts and the awareness of the beauty of life."
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Personal Development
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