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   Message 54,210 of 54,659   
   sbalneav to Dale   
   Re: some of my latest thoughts   
   27 Dec 12 19:47:48   
   
   XPost: alt.drugs.psychedelics, alt.philosophy, alt.atheism   
   XPost: alt.talk.creationism   
   From: sbalneav@alburg.net   
      
   In alt.atheism Dale  wrote:   
   > On 12/26/2012 08:09 PM, sbalneav wrote:   
   >> Again, I ask, why should any of us accept this eastern mysticism woo   
   bullshit   
   >> as true?   
   >   
   > it started with me coming to the conclusion that the only empirical   
   > thing is consciousness, everything other part of reality cannot be   
   > distinguished from a dream   
      
   And I dispute that.  Counterpoint: suicide.   
      
   > you don't experience sensory perception, you experience a "mental image"   
   > that the mind creates from sensory input   
   >   
   > the rest followed easily   
   >   
   > care to discuss any one part?   
      
   If I dream that I kill myself, do I die?   
      
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