In another example, he uses
the example of human vision: the cortex predicts what should be seen and the mind fills in the gaps; in other words interpretation takes place according to expectation, so context even changes the way that neurons function.
Not exact matches
So for
example, in my case and that
of other persons whose minds dissociate when we engage in intense / deep spiritual practices like intense / deep prayer, meditation, fasting etc and we hear voices, hallucinate, see
visions, experience thought insertions, automatic channelling just like a spirit medium as well as other psychic phenomena (clairvoyance etc), and the mind dissociation makes some persons mentally and emotionally unstable; our minds enter an altered state
of consciousness just like those
of the Buddhist monks but in our case the altered state
of our brains results in psychotic and psychic symptoms being induced (interestingly, some persons who are ignorant
of how the
human brain functions chalk up these experiences to demonic attack)......... are these psychotic, psychic experiences which persons like myself experience a gift from God as well?
Only a few
examples of the attempt to link values with the arts and sciences have been published (see, for
example, A
Vision for India Tomorrow: Explorations in Social Ethics, edited by J. Daniel and R. Gopalan [Madras Christian College, 1984]-RRB- But already evident is a sense
of social conscience linked to economic development; a theology
of vocation that replaces the ascriptive caste definitions
of occupation; a theistically based universalism conducive to science and
human rights; and a modernizing, cosmopolitan outlook in a land where the sacredness
of the cow signals both the power
of tradition and a preference for the agrarian life.
Dialogue, particularly with people
of other faiths, holds out the possibility
of conversion in many ways: conversion
of others to the fullness
of the faith, conversion
of ourselves to a deeper living
of our own baptismal grace, conversion
of the culture to a nobler
vision of the
human person encouraged by the many
examples of virtue to be found within and outside the Church.
This lack
of vision seems to be more a sort
of self imposed blinders than an
example of the limits
of human knowledge or imagination.