Conversations with History - Allan J. Hamilton, M.D.

[dyoung5917]

Such a well spoken (and well written) guy! I'm reading his book "Zen Mind Zen Horse" which is fantastic and am moved by what he says. As a physician, he's clearly one of the rare ones -- especially as a surgeon -- to have such a great presence and energy.

[emotionalinvalid]

very encouraging to an agnostic like myself. now i wish psychiatrists would take heed and stop torture drugging(ritalin, neuroleptics--i.e. "chemical iron maidens--) nor rx ing addictive drugs(paxil, xanax, ativan, et al) to people who have greater than normal sense and cognitive experiences, or experience greater than normal suffering, and allow those patients to express(distinct from destructive actions) themselves in greater than normal ways, for these are the true cures of "mental illness".

[ironbuttermilk]

I also bought and read this book in one night. Couldn't put it down. Quite a writer.

[paulflute]

wondeful.... should be required reading..

a few points though...

do not assume that the mind is located in the brain..

mind is an undefinale non-local phenomanon

just on a physical level there are as many nerve ending in the gut as the brain...

also yes consciousness can be seperate form body but not from life........ consciousness is life... body is just a lens

[93hamm]

Sooner or later,the scientific establishment is going to get the message. There is 'something' in a human being that will not and cannot die. Now lets see what gerald woerlee and keith augustine can cobble together as an explanation for this.