)f Soul,Brains, Neuroscience,Consciousness....You (are your brain).

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The idea that a person is a functioning assembly of brain cells and associated molecules is not something neuroscience has discovered. It is, rather, something it takes for granted.
You are your brain.
Francis Crick once called this “the astonishing hypothesis,”
because, as he claimed, it is so remote from the way most people alive today think about themselves.
But what is really astonishing about this
supposedly astonishing hypothesis is how astonishing it is not!
The idea that there is a thing inside us that thinks and feels.
What we do know is that a healthy brain is necessary for normal mental life, and indeed, for any life at all. But of course much else is necessary for mental life.
We need roughly normal bodies and a roughly normal environment.
We also need the presence and availability of other people
if we are to have anything like the sorts of lives that we know and value. So we really ought to say that it is the normally embodied, environmentally- and socially-situated human animal that thinks, feels, decides and is conscious.
But once we say this, it would be simpler, and more accurate, to allow that it is people, not their brains, who think and feel and decide.
It is people, not their brains, that make and enjoy art. You are not your brain, you are a living human being.

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/art-and-the-limits-of-neuroscience/

Of Love,Darwin and Mockingbirds

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When the survey voyage of HMS Beagle visited the Galápagos Islands in September to October 1835, the naturalist Charles Darwin noticed that the mockingbirds Mimus thencadiffered from island to island, and were closely allied in appearance to mockingbirds on the South American mainland. Nearly a year later when writing up his notes on the return voyage he speculated that this, together with what he had been told about Galápagos tortoises, could undermine the doctrine of stability of species. This was his first recorded expression of his doubts about species being immutable, which led to him being convinced about thetransmutation of species and hence evolution. It was only after the ship returned to England that he found out about the better known Darwin's Finches.

In 2009 it was reported that Doug Levey, a biologist at the University of Florida, had discovered that mockingbirds could pick out a threatening person from a crowd. Levey had one person stand near a mockingbird nest and touch it, while other people avoided the nest. Later on, the mockingbirds recognized the intruder and attacked him, while ignoring the other people.wiki

" Listen to the Mockingbird" was once a popular song

inthe United States.The sc ientific name of this

species translates as " many-tongued mimic ."

Mockingbirds have been known to mimic the songs

of thirty-nine other bird species, imitate fifty call

notes, the barking of a dog, pianos, and squeaky

gates.Mockingbirds possess their own song and

unmated males will sing at night during spring.

They are very aggressive defenders of their territory,

chasing not only other birds,but also cats, dogs and

humans .excerpt from 50 Common Birds of The

SouthWest by Richard L.Cunningham- Tucson

Arizona

Act ( in tangential mode)

Apigollo:

I am not going to violate

the Order of Merit ,

it is kind of an Order,not an

Oscar,de la Renta, oy....

Your words are the same all these years and you call it love!

Daisy: Okay, you too.

Makeover then?Sex change ?

I am quite comfortable being a woman.

What about you?

You show no change. Do you call that love?.but?????

oh yeah, you are into but and if, I forgot.....

So, honey,membrillo,couscous

and rice and peace.....

My callaloo

Spelled half a dozen different ways, this colorful word turns up in Jamaican records as early as 1696. This leafy, spinach-like vegetable is typically prepared as one would prepare turnip or collard greens. This variety of callaloo Amaranthus viridis, better known as Chinese spinach or Indian kale, should not be confused with the callaloo found in the eastern Caribbean, which refers to the leaves of the dasheen plant

I can do it in PORTUGUESE, voulez vous???????pas de probleme,mon cher

O mon amour, mon doux, mon tendre, mon merveilleux amour, de l'aube claire jusqu'à la fin du jour, je t'aime encore, tu sais...

je t'adore........(words by Brel)

His Serene Highness.

My wonderful lover,

Hare Krishna,

My Budha,

My Dalai Lama,

my Pope, My watermelon,

My bababas,

My mercury,

My Liquid Desire,

"Beef Stroganov or Stroganoff

my forbidden fruit,

oh,that is a song......

my music,

my air and water.....

Happy now??????

There is more

My Niagara falls,

MY Distant Planet,

My dessert,or my desert

MY First Course,

My Intercourse,

My Mockingbird,

My Cockatiel,

My Sunshine,

" Moonshine,

My Orgasm

My Earth,Flood and Tears

Pause and Intermission

Krishna consciousness is not an artificial imposition on the mind; this consciousness is the original energy of the living entity.

When we hear the transcendental vibration, this consciousness is revived ...[]... This chanting of 'Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare' is directly enacted from the spiritual platform, and thus this sound vibration surpasses all lower strata of consciousness - namely sensual, mental, and intellectual ...[]... As such anyone can take part in the chanting without any previous qualification.

Happiness in life: to love and be loved

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Happiness is, of course, a complex concept and difficult to measure, and John Stuart Mill had a point when he suggested: “It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied.

”But in any case, nobility can lead to happiness. Professor Haidt notes that one thing that can make a lasting difference to your contentment is to work with others on a cause larger than yourself.

A solid marriage is linked to happiness, as is participation in social networks. And one study found that people who focus on Try A Little Tenderness

Otis Redding

oh she may be weary
them young girls they do get wearied
wearing that same old miniskirt dress
but when she gets weary
you try a little tenderness
oh man that
un hunh
i know shes waiting
just anticipating
the thing that youl never never possess
no no no
but while she there waiting
try just a little bit of tenderness
thats all you got to do
now it might be a little bit sentimental no
but she has her greavs and care
but the soft words they are spoke so gentle
yeah yeah yeah
and it makes it easier to bear
oh she wont regret it
no no
them young girls they dont forget it
love is their whole happiness
yeah yeha yeah
but its all so easy
all you got to do is try
try a little tenderness
yeah
damn that hart (hard?)
all you got to do is know how to love her
you've got to
hold her
squeeze her
never leave her
now get to her
got got got to try a little tenderness
yeah yeah
lord have mercy now
all you got to do is take my advice
you've got to hold her
don't squeeze her
never leave her
you've got to hold her
and never
so you got to try a little tenderness
a little tenderness
a little tenderness
a little tenderness
you've got to
got to got to
you've gotta hold her
don't squeeze her
never leaver her
you got
got got got to
now now now
got got got to
try a little tenderness
ye

achieving wealth and career advancement are less happy than those who focus on good works, religion or spirituality, or friends and family.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/17/opinion/17kristof.html?em

Ha!: Say Cheese The beauty of a landscape resides in its melancholy. - Ahmet Rasim

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Pensamentos Noturnos 10 :Open Emotions

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What do we make of this?

He surely established one pure, emotive truth.

“He came back , was able to tough it out after what seemed like his darkest hours,” Courier said.

Having skills are the envy of many,  rewarded by the  gods for being an open person, for sharing with the world .

. “The thing is, we’re not used to seeing one so vulnerable.”

Toughness, moistened by emotion.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/08/sports/tennis/08araton.html

Lieocracy,Democracy & other foibles

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Never write when you can speak; never speak when you can nod; and never nod when you can wink.But when it comes to that Senate seat, his real crime may be forgetting the old truism. Blagojevich Nation: Should We Really Be So Shocked? | The New York Observer