> On Sat, 5 Jul 2008 08:30:25 -0700 (PDT), "bigflet...@gmail.com"
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>>Just watched an episode of Carl Sagan's "Cosmos".

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>>How time 'flies'.He had a wonderful infectious passion for his
>>subject.

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>>Three things jumped out. One,when describing the big bang, he said
>>words to the effect that 'bits' started to fly off in all directions,
>>but of course, there were no directions. Easy mistake to make :-)

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>>Secondly, the computer model created at Stanford, of the combined
>>galaxies, looked exactly like the 'dance of shiva' icon at the centre,
>>and finally, his speculation that the observable universe was a mere
>>electron in a greater universe, ad infinitum.

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>>Such observations confirmed why masters tell us we each have to
>>transcend the mind to see reality.
>>His first comment re 'many directions' confirmed that fact.

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>>To look 'through' the mind creates only illusions.

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>>Thanks Carl, for illustrating how even such a beautiful mind as yours
>>can only see 'that which isnt'.

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> Whenever I think of "astonishing Carl" I'm reminded of his book
> Broca's Brain where he offered his absurd theory of the NDE
> "tunnel and light" experience. He claimed it's nothing but a
> memory of the birth experience ... traveling through the
> birth canal and finally seeing the bright lights of the delivery
> room with "loving presences" all around. I thought that Carl,
> as a scientist, would at least first find out the obvious ...
> whether or not those born Caesarian experience the
> dark tunnel travel portion. Sure enough, some years later I read
> that later NDE studies showed that people born Caesarian
> do also experience the tunnel travel ... completely blowing
> Carl's absurd hypothesis.
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> Well, Carl passed away some time ago. I suppose his
> astonishment at finding out he was still consious after
> "death" was even larger than his astonishment at the
> magnificent illusions of the physical universe :)
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