Well yeah, it's always going to be colored by someone's viewpoint until such time as it can be proved or disproved. And we try to define the spiritual by looking to the mind because our conscious selves are what we cling to. The idea of that being extinguished is what terrifies so many people, the idea of ceasing to be who they are right now.
But if spirituality isn't so much a product of the mind as we think it is, then I'm not sure we necessarily can define any of it by looking to the brain. However as you quite rightly say, we're bound by our words, and it's hard to express these ideas when there aren't words that encompass the concepts. Perhaps if we learned a language used in a part of the world where reincarnation is an accepted concept? *g*
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Date: 2008-02-11 01:48 am (UTC)But if spirituality isn't so much a product of the mind as we think it is, then I'm not sure we necessarily can define any of it by looking to the brain. However as you quite rightly say, we're bound by our words, and it's hard to express these ideas when there aren't words that encompass the concepts. Perhaps if we learned a language used in a part of the world where reincarnation is an accepted concept? *g*