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Some further musings on knowledge and the brain, on science and yoga

By MatthijsPosted on May 9, 2011May 9, 2011Cat Cognition & Methodology, Miscellaneous musingsLeave a comment

Even the tiniest particle of matter, however small, must have within itself all the knowledge of the universe. The reason that it must be like this, is that the particle must know the laws that govern it, and as all the laws of physics are supposed to hang together, this means it must know the… Read More »

Early morning musings on mind, brain, time and coffee

By MatthijsPosted on May 8, 2011May 9, 2011Cat Cognition & Methodology, Miscellaneous musings2 Comments

Early morning thoughts stream slowly and meander leisurely through the mind without much of discipline. Yesterday I fixed a new mirror in the bathroom. The old mirror is still laying next to it. Seeing them both, I remember the adventures with "mirror-books" that Fynn describes with so much love in Mr. God, this is Anna. With some… Read More »

Time

By MatthijsPosted on November 19, 2010November 20, 2010Cat Miscellaneous musings1 Comment

Psychologically time is quite a strange phenomenon. St. Augustine famously said about it that he perfectly understood what time was ... till someone asked him to explain. In a talk with the children of the Ashram school, the Mother described how it operates in the different inner worlds. Sri Aurobindo gave a marvelous short summary of… Read More »

A new adventure

By MatthijsPosted on October 27, 2010November 22, 2010Cat IPI4 Comments

Welcome to the Indian Psychology Blogs Blogging is still a new adventure for us, and initially we thought it would take some time before we would open these pages to "the public", but here goes. The basic idea behind the Indian Psychology Blogs has been put into a separate -- and perhaps more permanent --… Read More »